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Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.

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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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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Perhaps only a Genius can truly understand Genius.
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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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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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When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.
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Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.
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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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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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Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.
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The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier and simpler.
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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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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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You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
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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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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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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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The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.
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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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