- Robert Schumann
(06/08/1810 – 07/29/1856)
German composer
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"People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte 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; for no reason whatsoever."
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"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way."
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| "There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer." |  Bridgeman Art Library |
"I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, 'Look who's talking!'"
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"Frank Lloyd Wright's inverted oatmeal dish and silo with their awkward cantilevering, their jaundiced skin and the ingenious spiral ramp leading down past the abstractions which mirror the tortured maladjustments of our time."
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"Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."
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"I have a face that is a cross between two pounds
of halibut and an explosion in an old clothes cupboard."
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"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."
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| Died 07/28 | Died 07/29 | Died 07/30 | Death Dates |