“I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue—or rather by vice—of the multiplication of the various music-reproducing machines” VirtueMachinesVicesVariousArtisticManifestationInjuryHostDeteriorationMultiplicationReproducing Book:Six marches Source: Six marches
“Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.” MayDevelopmentGeniusProductionsAidsArtisticRoutineAssistanceFacilitateImpedimentsDrawbacksSpeech ImpedimentArtistic Genius Author:John Philip Sousa