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Robert Schumann Quotes

1810–1856 Germany

Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer and pianist.

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To send light into the depths of the human heart -- this is the artist's calling!

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.

Perhaps genius alone understands genius fully. (Sometimes translated as: Perhaps only genius fully understands genius)

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 talent works, the genius creates.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Schumann (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.