What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. — Ludwig Van Beethoven Copy Share
Good Morning, on July 7 My thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved I can only live wholly with you or not at… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than… — Ludwig Van Beethoven Copy Share
“You will not find a treatise that is too learned for me; without laying claim to any genuine learning, I yet accustomed myself from… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven! — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share
