Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer and pianist.

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• In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.
  • (Secondary source only, quoted in: Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, Ed. Evan Esar, 1949, p.156)

• The talent works, the genius creates.

• If that's what your jokes sound like, I'm afraid to hear what your serious pieces sound like.
  • letter to Chopin after hearing Scherzo number 2 in B Flat Minor

• Hats off, gentlemen; a Genius.
  • Comment after hearing an early set of variations by Chopin.