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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
Conductor
Music Critic
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Musicologist
Pianist
Robert Alexander Schumann
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Perfection
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Genius

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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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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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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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My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.
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For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.
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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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We liked it or I didn't like it people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!
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The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far.
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That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.
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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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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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We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.
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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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