{"author":"Robert Schumann","author_id":"Robert+Schumann","total_quotes":19,"quotes":[{"text":"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["artist","duty","heart","light","music","musician"],"id":54146,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the Lord,--use it faithfully.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["faithfulness","talent","talents","value","work"],"id":70623,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["enthusiasm","nothing","right "],"id":74342,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["light","darkness","artist "],"id":90627,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["play","first","place "],"id":115238,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["friends","informed"],"id":173465,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["light","poetry","talent "],"id":184262,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["cures","history","music","vanity"],"id":224031,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["art","enthusiasm","greatness","music"],"id":225059,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"},{"text":"Talent works, genius creates.","author":"Robert Schumann","tags":["talent","genius","works "],"id":261261,"author_id":"Robert+Schumann"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}