Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer

1770-12-17 – 1827-03-26

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist whose work bridged the Classical and Romantic eras. His symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are foundational works in Western music.

Quotes by Ludwig van Beethoven

It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.
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Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.
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Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.
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Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
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The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty.
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I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.
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Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy
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Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
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The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty.
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Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
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I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.
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Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.
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Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
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Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy
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Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.
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It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.
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Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold.
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Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
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Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
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Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
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