Robert Schumann Quotes & Sayings

“I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.”

“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”

“Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.”

“You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.”

“Talent works, genius creates.”

“Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and mind and body find rest in the grave.”

“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”

“If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.”

“I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.”

“My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.”