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Famous Robert Schumann Quotes
Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann
“The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.”
Source: On Music and Musicians
Source: On Music and Musicians
Source: On Music and Musicians
Source: On Music and Musicians
“Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?”
“Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.”
Source: Music and Musicians: Essays and Criticisms
“Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.”
“Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.”
Source: Music and Musicians: Essays and Criticisms
“We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.”
“That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.”
“For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.”
“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”
“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”
Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann
“I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.”
Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann
Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann
Source: Letters of Robert Schumann
Source: Schumann: a self-portrait in his own words
Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann
Source: The Letters of Robert Schumann
Source: Letters of Robert Schumann
“Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.”
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
“When you play, never mind who listens to you.”
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
“Play always as if in the presence of a master.”
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
“In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.”
“The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.”
“I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.”
“For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.”
Source: Advice to Young Musicians