"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression."

"Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming."

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach…"

"Man is a symbol-forming organism. He has constant need of a meaningful inner formulation of self and world in which h…"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"

"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and pri…"

"The artistic contribution of any nation and any age must be in terms of creation. Performers, symphony organizations,…"

"The most complete knowledge of tonal material cannot create a composer any more than the memorizing of Webster's dict…"

"To the artist, to the musician, is given the task of creating and expressing beauty--of sensitizing the souls of men."