You should diligently play scales and fingerpractices. There are many, however, who believe they'll achieve all, by practicing daily on technique for hours on end, up till high age. It's like practicing every day to enumerate the alfabet faster and faster. One would think one could make better use of their valuable time.
Robert SchumannI feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.
Robert SchumannThat first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.
Robert SchumannDoes it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?
Robert Schumann