I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.

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”

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.

French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and trying vowels. It requires the utmost subtlety.

When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests.

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.

We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

Win or lose, good or bad, the experience will change you.

Don’t play with damaged goods, you will only hurt yourself.

95% of economics is common sense

Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

Overcrowding in the cities is producing a collective madness in which irrational violence flourishes because man needs more space in which to be than the modern city allows.

I have titles floating around in my head; I have sculptures floating around in my head. It's like a collage.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see them through.

Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely.

Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear.