Robert Schumann Quotes
Talent works, genius creates.
Play always as if in the presence of a master.
When you play, never mind who listens to you.
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.
By means of industry and perseverance you will rise higher and higher.
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
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.
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.
Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and mind and body find rest in the grave.
Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious of possessing a certain creative faculty.
Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.
