Memorable Beethoven Quotes

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"Music is... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To play without passion is inexcusable"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend"
Ludwig van Beethoven
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"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Every moment of light and dark is a miracle"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I wish you music to help with the burdens of life, and to help you release your happiness"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"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"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the art of God. It does wonders; it makes the heart speak"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music like Religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to him who has the material for their roots in his heart"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I can seize fate by the throat as well as anyone else"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind, but which mankind cannot comprehend"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To play without passion is inexcusable!"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I will grab fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely."
Ludwig van Beethoven
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"Everlasting glory is wonderful!"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To compose, I find, is even more spirit-stirring than to play."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Prince, what you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am through my own efforts. There have been and still will be thousands of princes; there is only one Beethoven."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"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."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I will seize fate by the throat; it shall never wholly overcome me."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I am satisfied composing music that I can’t hear."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so until the day of my death."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to play without passion is inexcusable."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I am not satisfied with the work I have done so far."
Ludwig van Beethoven
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"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"There is all the happiness you can wish for in this world in playing or hearing good music."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I will seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"No one should drive tears to their eyes in order to make them believe. The truth should be clear from the music itself."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Art demands of us that we shall not stand still."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I live only in my music, and that’s enough for me."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the electric soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I wish you music to help with the burdens of life, and to help you release your happiness to others."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music comes to me more readily than words."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To sing a wrong note is insignificant; to sing without passion is inexcusable."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."
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."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"To play a note perfectly is easy, to play in perfect harmony is the true challenge."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Never was I so absorbed in my music, and never did I force myself to compose under such a compulsion as here."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"The barrier which often hinders me from going to the opera is that I cannot have in the opera the control of this orchestra, which is absolutely necessary for the proper blending of the different tones."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"I shall seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely."
Ludwig van Beethoven
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