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
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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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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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