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> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/my-health-may-be-better-preserved-if-i-exert-myself-less-but-in-the/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

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## More by Clara Schumann

> [If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/if-i-have-known-much-trouble-in-my-youth-i-have-also-known-much-joy/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/i-will-yield-to-popular-demands-only-insofar-as-they-do-not-betray-my/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/my-imagination-can-picture-no-fairer-happiness-than-to-continue/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose — there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/i-once-believed-that-i-possessed-creative-talent-but-i-have-given-up/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/the-tea-is-ice-cold-the-room-grows-colder-and-colder-but-i-grow/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/treasures-are-no-longer-to-be-got-by-instrumental-art/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [How often have I actually discovered in myself that enthusiasm raises the artist above himself, how in an ordinary mood one would not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/how-often-have-i-actually-discovered-in-myself-that-enthusiasm-raises/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [“He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child. (on Liszt)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/he-gives-me-the-impression-of-being-a-spoilt-child-on-liszt/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/there-is-nothing-greater-than-the-joy-of-composing-something-oneself/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [Is an artist much more than a beggar?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/is-an-artist-much-more-than-a-beggar/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/my-health-may-be-better-preserved-if-i-exert-myself-less-but-in-the/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/i-cannot-give-a-single-concert-at-which-i-do-not-play-one-piece-after/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/i-cannot-be-so-bad-when-everybody-is-so-fond-of-me/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/every-man-has-his-faults-i-have-and-so-have-you-you-will-allow-me-to/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

> [You appear in the Novelletten in every possible circumstance, in every irresistible form... They could only be written by one who knows such eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/you-appear-in-the-novelletten-in-every-possible-circumstance-in-every/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

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