The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does โwhat he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing itโ
Alma GluckJust as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.
Alma GluckThe sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.
Alma GluckAcquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his energies to work and not imagine himself a martyr to art.
Alma Gluck