Nothing must be too low or too insignificant for the musician.

You have a change that hasn’t been saved yet. Clicking out of the box saves it — closing now throws that change away.

Nothing must be too low or too insignificant for the musician. — Antonín Dvořák · Smartyfair

Nothing must be too low or too insignificant for the musician.

Source found

In plain words

For a musician, no sound is too small to matter. Even street whistling might hold a melody.

Look up a word

How sure this is: 93% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up: 'Music in America,' Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1895 (essay under Dvořák's byline; endnote acknowledges the co-operation of Edwin Emerson, Jr.).
Work: Music in America (essay), Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1895
Occasion: 1895 · New York, USA · from his essay urging musicians to listen for melody in everyday street sounds
Sources checked: archive.orgChecked using claude-fable-5, 22 August 2026Vol. 90 scan, essay pp. 428-434; p. 433, after the 'nose for news' anecdote — the next sentence reinforces it (listen to every whistling boy, street singer, organ-grinder). Read in full.