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

— 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.

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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Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges.

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