Robert Schumann Quotes

Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

When you play, never mind who listens to you.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, resp...

Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor...

Talent works, genius creates.

the study of jurisprudence, by which I must earn my bread, has so withered and frozen the flowers of...

From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes p...

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

Look deeply into life, and study it as diligently as the other arts and sciences.

Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.

Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fash...

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist.

The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent f...

By means of industry and perseverance you will rise higher and higher.

You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hea...

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come int...

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.