Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.

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”

In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study.

The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.

Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.

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.

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.