Clara Schumann Quotes

"Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?"
- Clara Schumann

"Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art."
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Art)

"There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it."
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Joy, Listening, Nothing)

"I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me."
- Clara Schumann

"I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you."
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Horses, Want)

"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
(Related: Art, Life, Work, Care)

"If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy."
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Joy, Trouble, Youth)

"Is an artist much more than a beggar?"
- Clara Schumann
(Related: 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
(Related: Health, Life, End, May)

"My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art."
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Art, Happiness, Imagination, Living)

"The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer."
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Tea)

"Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!"
- Clara Schumann
(Related: Faults, Man, Will)