Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

"Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm."
16 Quotes
"Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm."
Robert Schumann
"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."
Robert Schumann
"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."
Robert Schumann
"Talent works, genius creates."
Robert Schumann
"I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs."
Robert Schumann
"If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place."
Robert Schumann
"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."
Robert Schumann
"Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself."
Robert Schumann
"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist."
Robert Schumann
"If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind of themselves, when you are not practising, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; not the contrary."
Robert Schumann
"Play always as if in the presence of a master."
Robert Schumann
"When you play, never mind who listens to you."
Robert Schumann
"By means of industry and perseverance you will rise higher and higher."
Robert Schumann
"From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the Lord,--use it faithfully."
Robert Schumann
"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."
Robert Schumann
"Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art."
Robert Schumann
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