If The Student Could Give

Just As The Bird Sings Or The Butterfly Soars, Because It Is His Natural Characteristic, So The Artist Works.

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.

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”

Acquiring 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.

Vocal Study Before Age 20 Is Likely To Be Injurious, Though Some Survive It In The Hands Of Very Careful And Understanding Teachers.