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Robert Schumann
6 quotes
“To send light into the depths of the human heart -- this is the artist's calling!”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) first seen 1856 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quotes in: John Sullivan Dwight (1856) Dwight's Journal of Music, Vol. 7-8, p. 12
“Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) said by 1856 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Early Letters of Robert Schumann (1888), p. 82
“The talent works, the genius creates.”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) said by 1856 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Schumann in: The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 112, 1913, p. 811
“In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) said by 1856 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in: Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, Evan Esar (ed.), 1949, p. 156.
“Perhaps genius alone understands genius fully. (Sometimes translated as: Perhaps only genius fully understands genius)”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) said by 1856 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original: Vielleicht versteht nur der Genius den Genius ganz, Robert Schumann, Advice to Young Musicians, translation of Musikalische Haus- und Lebens-Regeln, translated by Henry Hugo Pierson, Leipsic & New York: J. Sch…
“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 (1810–1856) said by 1856 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source