“Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.” WayArtCareArtistMusicMusicianStriveProsperityTake CareRichesTrue Artists Book:On Music and Musicians Source: On Music and Musicians
“Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.” MindArtRealHandsArtistUniverseSoundMusicMusic IsGuidesRhythmAbstract Author:Robert Genn
“music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of every other consideration outside his own immediate necessities or desires.” MindArtDesireArtistMusicMusic IsCreatorConsiderationExclusionAbsorbing Author:Baroness Orczy
“The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways. ... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and tears to himself. If they want to emerge, in spite of himself, then he must hide them or unleash them in someone else.” IfsWayWantArtistMusicTearsLaughterSpiteTemperamentObligedConductorDespots Author:Nadia Boulanger
“All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it, the shaping of it that makes for the drama.” ArtistStuffMusicDramaMusicianDanceConversionDancerEtcTranslationsChoreographers Author:Toni Cade Bambara
“As a great democratic society, we have a special responsibility to the arts. For art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color. What freedom alone can bring is the liberation of the human mind and a spirit which finds its greatest flowering in the free society. I see of little more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.” MindHumansLittlesArtCountrySpiritArtistWealthRaceResponsibilityMusicCreativeSpecialColorGeniusCallingCivilizationArt IsImportanceDemocraticDemocratOur CountryRecognitionLiberationHuman MindFree SocietyDemocratic SocietyFloweringCreative Genius Author:John F. Kennedy