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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

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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)

The talent works, the genius creates.

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