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title: "3 Beethoven Quotes By Ludwig van Beethoven"
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> [There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/there-are-and-always-will-be-thousands-of-princes-but-there-is-only/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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> [What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/what-you-are-you-are-by-accident-of-birth-what-i-am-i-am-by-myself/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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> [Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/beethoven-can-write-music-thank-god-but-he-can-do-nothing-else-on/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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## Other authors on Beethoven

## More by Ludwig van Beethoven

> [Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/strange-i-feel-as-if-up-to-now-i-had-written-no-more-than-a-few-notes/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/after-rossini-dies-who-will-be-there-to-promote-his-music/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/but-what-a-humiliation-for-me-when-someone-standing-next-to-me-heard/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/in-the-world-of-art-as-in-the-whole-of-creation-freedom-and-progress/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/i-despise-a-world-which-does-not-feel-that-music-is-a-higher/)

[Ludwig Van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [Good Morning, on July 7 My thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved I can only live wholly with you or not at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/good-morning-on-july-7-my-thoughts-go-out-to-you-my-immortal-beloved/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/off-with-you-you-re-a-happy-fellow-for-you-ll-give-happiness-and-joy/)

[Ludwig Van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [“You will not find a treatise that is too learned for me; without laying claim to any genuine learning, I yet accustomed myself from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/you-will-not-find-a-treatise-that-is-too-learned-for-me-without/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/art-who-comprehends-her-with-whom-can-one-consult-concerning-this/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/don-t-only-practise-your-art-but-force-your-way-into-its-secrets/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/there-are-and-always-will-be-thousands-of-princes-but-there-is-only/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/to-me-the-highest-thing-after-god-is-my-honor/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [The amount of money one needs is terrifying...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/the-amount-of-money-one-needs-is-terrifying/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/music-should-strike-fire-from-the-heart-of-man-and-bring-tears-from/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

> [Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/artists-who-have-won-fame-are-often-embarrassed-by-it-thus-their/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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