In the Negro melodies of America I find all that is needed for a great and noble school of music. — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
Do not wonder that I am so religious. An artist who is not could not produce anything like this. I like praying there at… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
The Americans expect great things of me ... If the small Czech nation can have such musicians, they say, why could not they, too,… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
My own duty as a teacher...is not so much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, or other masters of the past, but to give what encouragement… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
The music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds. Thousands pass it, while others trample it under… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
In the Negro melodies of America I find all that is needed for a great and noble school of music. — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that art, as such, does not "pay," to use an American expression - at least, not in the… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
