Clara Schumann Quotes

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

  Clara Schumann

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• 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

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Concert, Play, Agony

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

  Clara Schumann

  Topics in Youth

  Tags in Trouble, Known

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

  Clara Schumann

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  Tags in Happy, Diamonds

• 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

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  Tags in Care, Unhappy, Free

• I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.

  Clara Schumann

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  Tags in Everybody, Fond

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

  Clara Schumann

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  Tags in Nothing, Listening, Greater

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

  Clara Schumann

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  Tags in Grow, Room

• Is an artist much more than a beggar?

  Clara Schumann

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• Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.

  Clara Schumann

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Longer, Treasures

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

  Clara Schumann

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  Tags in Beautiful, Things

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

  Clara Schumann

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Than, Fairer, Imagination, Living, Continue

• 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

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  Tags in Healthy, Better, Person

Clara Schumann (13)

Birth:	13th September, 1819
Death:	20th May, 1896
Nationality:	German
Profession:	Composer, Pianist

About

Clara Schumann was born in Leipzig, Germany. She was a German Pianist and composer. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and the tastes of the listening public. She was the first to perform publicly any work by Brahms.

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