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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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That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.
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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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Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear 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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In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.
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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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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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The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.
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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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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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