I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand. – Clara Schumann
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. – Clara Schumann
My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesnt each person give his life for his calling? – Clara Schumann
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? – Michael Bloomberg