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Clara Schumann
German
Musician
About the author
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,
German
Musician
#Fear
#Play
#Terror
#Memory
Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Art
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Nothing
#Listening
#Joy
I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Want
#Horses
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,
German
Musician
#Life
#Work
#Art
#Care
If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Trouble
#Youth
#Joy
Is an artist much more than a beggar?
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Artist
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,
German
Musician
#Life
#End
#May
#Health
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Art
#Imagination
#Living
#Happiness
The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Tea
Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!
Clara Schumann,
German
Musician
#Will
#Man
#Faults