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Composing gives me great plea...

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I once believed that I posses...

I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose — there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

You appear in the Novelletten...

You appear in the Novelletten in every possible circumstance, in every irresistible form... They could only be written by one who knows such eyes as yours and has touched such lips as yours.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I will yield to popular deman...

I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

How often have I actually dis...

How often have I actually discovered in myself that enthusiasm raises the artist above himself, how in an ordinary mood one would not have been able to accomplish many of the things for which enthusiasm lends one everything, energy, fire.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

Every man has his faults; I h...

Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I cannot give a single concer...

I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

The tea is ice-cold, the room...

The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

My health may be better prese...

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

There is nothing greater than...

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I wish to lead a life free fr...

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

If I have known much trouble ...

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I cannot give a single concert...

I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

My imagination can picture no ...

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

My health may be better preser...

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I cannot give a single concert...

I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

I do not want horses or diamon...

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

My imagination can picture no ...

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

Why hurry over beautiful thing...

Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

My health may be better preser...

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

Clara Schumann 20 quotes

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