Robert Schumann Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”
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“When you play, never mind who listens to you.”
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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.”
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“Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.”
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“In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.”
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“Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.”
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“If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind of themselves, when you are not practising, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; not the contrary.”
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“Play always as if in the presence of a master.”
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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.”
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“I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.”
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“If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.”
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“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”
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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.”
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“For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.”
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“Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.”
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“The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.”
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“Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious of possessing a certain creative faculty.”
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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.”
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“Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.”
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“You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.”
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“I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.”
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“Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?”
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“To compose is to remember music that has never been written.”
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“An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as I feel them. The trouble with my hand is that certain fingers have become so weak, probably through writing and playing too much at one time, that I can hardly use them.”
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“I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.”
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“The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier and simpler.”
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“My indifference to money and my spendthrift ways are disgraceful. You have no idea how reckless I am; how often I practically throw money out of the window. I am always making good resolutions, but the next minute I forget and give the waiter eightpence.”
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“Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.”
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“The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.”
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