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Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.

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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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Talent works, genius creates.
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The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.
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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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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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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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The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
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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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You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods.
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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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Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear 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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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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Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.
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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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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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Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.
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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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