Ludwig van Beethoven quotes

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist, regarded as one of the greatest figures in Western classical music. His groundbreaking works bridged the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras. He continues to inspire audiences worldwide with his powerful and emotional music. Here are 58 of his quotes:

Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit. (Ludwig van Beethoven)
I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness. View quote
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Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. View quote
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Only the pure in the heart can make a good soup. View quote
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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. View quote
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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. View quote
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Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? View quote
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Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. View quote
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Friends applaud, the comedy is over. View quote
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Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life. View quote
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It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce. (Ludwig van Beethoven)
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. View quote
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I love a tree more than a man. View quote
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There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven! View quote
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Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. View quote
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Do not merely practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; it deserves that, for only art and science can exalt man to divinity. View quote
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Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear. View quote
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A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. View quote
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I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet. View quote
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Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken. View quote
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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. (Ludwig van Beethoven)
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. View quote
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Only art and science can raise men to the level of God. View quote
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Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup. View quote
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There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is, one must be half a tradesman. View quote
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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven - Image
Occupation: German Composer
Born: December 16, 1770
Died: March 26, 1827
Quotes count: 58
Wikipedia: Ludwig van Beethoven

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