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

Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann
Age: 46 †
Born: 1810
Born: June 8
Died: 1856
Died: July 29
Composer
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Music Critic
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Musicologist
Pianist
Robert Alexander Schumann
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Perfection
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Genius

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Can that which has cost the artist days, weeks, months and even years of reflection be understood in a flash by a dilettante?
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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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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.
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We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.
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When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.
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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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When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.
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Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.
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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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My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.
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Confidence and courage are special skills to the art ... Within the four walls of his study, the artist should be modest, work diligently and conscientiously. While for the public, he'll show himself audacious, yes even into cheerful boldness. And so a new public's darling has arisen.
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People compose for many reasons, to become immortal because the piano happens to be open because they want to become a millionaire because of the praise of friends because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes or for no reason whatsoever.
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The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.
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Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.
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Perhaps only a Genius can truly understand Genius.
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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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I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.
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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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