  We discuss a constraint of conformal symmetry in the analysis of the pion
form factor. The usual power-law behavior of the form factor obtained in the
perturbative QCD analysis can also be attained by taking negligible quark
masses in the nonperturbative quark model analysis, confirming the recent
AdS/CFT correspondence. We analyze the transition from soft to hard
contributions in the pion form factor considering a momentum-dependent
dynamical quark mass from a nonnegligible constituent quark mass at low
momentum region to a negligible current quark mass at high momentum region. We
find a correlation between the shape of nonperturbative quark distribution
amplitude and the amount of soft and hard contributions to the pion form
factor.
