If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.

When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.

French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and trying vowels. It requires the utmost subtlety.

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it”