Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
From Clara Schumann
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
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.
Is an artist much more than a beggar?
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.
Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.
The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.
If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.
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