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You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
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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Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance that is better than to play difficult pieces badly.
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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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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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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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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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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 was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.
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