Robert Schumann
Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.Collection: Art
People compose for many reasons, to become immortal; because the piano happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; or for no reason whatsoever.Collection: Beautiful
Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.Collection: Founders
Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.Collection: Art
Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?Collection: Doe
When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.Collection: Skills
My whole life has been a twenty years struggle between poetry and prose, or, if you like to call it so, Music and Law.Collection: Struggle
You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.Collection: Play