I owe my sucess in one per cent to my talent, in ten per cent to luck, and in ninety per cent to hard word. Work, work, and more work is the secret to success.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.

The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.

The very essence of success is practice.

Times change, people change, thought and feeling take new shapes, put on fresh garments, sons bow their heads unwillingly to that which enraptured their fathers.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.