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You should neither play bad c...

You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

The principal mark of genius ...

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Think it a vile habit to alte...

Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Does it not seem as if Mozart...

Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Only when the form grows clea...

Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

We may be sure that a genius ...

We may be sure that a genius like Mozart, were he born today, would write concertos like Chopin and not like Mozart.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

People compose for many reaso...

People compose for many reasons, to become immortal; because the piano happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; or for no reason whatsoever.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Music owes as much to Bach as...

Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Music - so different from pai...

Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

You will be most readily cure...

You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Endeavour to play easy pieces...

Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance; that is better than to play difficult pieces badly.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

When young, one learns his cr...

When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Confidence and courage are sp...

Confidence and courage are special skills to the art ... Within the four walls of his study, the artist should be modest, work diligently and conscientiously. While for the public, he'll show himself audacious, yes even into cheerful boldness. And so a new public's darling has arisen.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

It was an unforgettable pictu...

It was an unforgettable picture to see Chopin sitting at the piano like a clairvoyant, lost in his dreams; to see how his vision communicated itself through his playing, and how, at the end of each piece, he had the sad habit of running one finger over the length of the plaintive keyboard, as though to tear himself forcibly away from his dream.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

We have learned to express th...

We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

A fiery, good beginner always...

A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

My whole life has been a twen...

My whole life has been a twenty years struggle between poetry and prose, or, if you like to call it so, Music and Law.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

When you play, do not trouble...

When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Send light to the dark hearts...

Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

Without enthusiasm nothing gr...

Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

Robert Shuman 62 quotes

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