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

Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann
Age: 46 †
Born: 1810
Born: June 8
Died: 1856
Died: July 29
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Robert Alexander Schumann
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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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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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We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.
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You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
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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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It is the curse of talent that, although it labors with greater steadiness and perseverance than genius, it does not reach its goal, while genius already on the summit of the ideal, gazes laughingly about.
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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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That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.
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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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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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For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.
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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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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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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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Talent works, genius creates.
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Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance that is better than to play difficult pieces badly.
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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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Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.
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Perhaps only a Genius can truly understand Genius.
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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.
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