German - Musician | September 13, 1819 - May 20, 1896
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
Clara Schumann
Valentine's DayI AmHappyDiamonds
Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
BeautyBeautifulEnjoyWhyOver
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.
LifeWorkArtFreeCareWish
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
HappinessArtImaginationPicture
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?
LifeHealthMyselfEndBetterMay
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.
FearMemoryMePlaySingleConcert
Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.
ArtTreasuresGotInstrumental
Is an artist much more than a beggar?
ArtistMoreBeggarThanMuch
I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.
MeBadCannotEverybodyFond
The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.
TeaGrowRoomGrowsWarmerColder
If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.
JoyYouthTroubleKnownMuchAlso
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
JoyListeningNothingSomethingThan
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