A child's slowness in any subject indicates a deficiency in his environment, educational or otherwise.

Practise only as many times as you have breakfast.

Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to have the idea that if one is born without talent, there is nothing he can do about it; they simply resign themselves to what they consider to be their fate.

I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.

Patience is the absence of expectation.

I play with children so that I can learn from them.

It is in our power to educate all the children of the world to become a little better as people, a little happier.