Robert Schumann Quotes

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• The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

  Robert Schumann

  Perfection, Genius, Originality

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• To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

  Robert Schumann

  Inspiring, Art, Men

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• For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

  Robert Schumann

  Language, Permit, Music Is

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• To compose is to remember music that has never been written.

  Robert Schumann

  Remember, Written

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• When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

  Robert Schumann

  Play, Listening, Trouble

  Robert Schumann (1891). “Music and Musicians: Essays and Criticisms”

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• Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.

  Robert Schumann

  People, Heaven, Done

  Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.20

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• Talent works, genius creates.

  Robert Schumann

  Music, Coaching, Genius

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• When you play, never mind who listens to you.

  Robert Schumann

  Music, Play, Piano

  Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.10

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• Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

  Robert Schumann

  Art, Artist, Enthusiasm

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• Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.

  Robert Schumann

  Heart, Dark, Artist

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• Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance; that is better than to play difficult pieces badly.

  Robert Schumann

  Play, Pieces, Easy

  Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.8

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• It was an unforgettable picture to see Chopin sitting at the piano like a clairvoyant, lost in his dreams; to see how his vision communicated itself through his playing, and how, at the end of each piece, he had the sad habit of running one finger over the length of the plaintive keyboard, as though to tear himself forcibly away from his dream.

  Robert Schumann

  Running, Dream, Piano

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• You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.

  Robert Schumann

  Beautiful, Writing, Eye

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• Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.

  Robert Schumann

  Music, Art, Care

  Robert Schumann (1983). “On Music and Musicians”, p.37, Univ of California Press

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• In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

  Robert Schumann

  Funny, Music, Writing

  "Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" edited by Evan Esar, (p. 156), 1949.

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• A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.

  Robert Schumann

  Beginners, Mediocrity, Masters

  Robert Schumann (1986). “Schumann: a self-portrait in his own words”

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• I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

  Robert Schumann

  Spring, Soul, Spirit

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• Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

  Robert Schumann

  Art, Enthusiasm

  Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.32

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• From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the Lord,--use it faithfully.

  Robert Schumann

  Spring, Iron, Watches

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• Play always as if in the presence of a master.

  Robert Schumann

  Play, Piano, Masters

  Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.10

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• We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.

  Robert Schumann

  Feelings, Nuance, Mystery

  Robert Schumann (1983). “On Music and Musicians”, p.45, Univ of California Press

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• "We liked it" or "I didn't like it" people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!

  Robert Schumann

  People, Please, Higher

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• I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

  Robert Schumann

  Proud, Sometimes, Enough

  Robert Schumann (2016). “Letters of Robert Schumann”, p.39, Ravenio Books

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• For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.

  Robert Schumann

  Stopping, Impossible, Wagner

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• You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods.

  Robert Schumann

  Vanity, Different, Pieces

  Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.20

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