Clara Schumann Quotes

Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!
I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.
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.
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
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.
If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.
Is an artist much more than a beggar?
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?
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.
Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?

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Clara Schumann
Profession
Musician
BirthDate
13 September, 1819
DeathDate
20 May, 1896
Country
Germany
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