“Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow...” — John Philip Sousa Quote

“Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.”

“There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying.”

“American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.”

“I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.”

“Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.”

“The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.”