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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers. — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one reason and one reason… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc.… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
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… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
