Alma Gluck

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

— Alma Gluck

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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. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#artist #does #doing #help #himself

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. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#appeal #continue #hear #her #i

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. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#difficult #english-speaking #french #full #many

If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#advice #better #could #does #give

In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#begins #case #complete #developed #instrument

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. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#day #every #every day #fairly #inspired

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident. ↗

— Alma Gluck

#does #goal #mere #study

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

— Alma Gluck

#branches #break #dead #green #leaves

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. ↗

— Alma Gluck

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