75 Quotes by Robert Schumann

  • Author Robert Schumann
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    Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.

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    An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as I feel them. The trouble with my hand is that certain fingers have become so weak, probably through writing and playing too much at one time, that I can hardly use them.

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    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.

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    He must be heard - and also seen; for if he played behind the scenes a great deal of the poetry of his playing would be lost

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    To compose music, all you have to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of

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