Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape. I pursue it. Breathless I catch up with it. It flies again, it disappears, it plunges into a chaos of diverse emotions. I catch it again, I seize it, I… — 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 Image
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 Image
In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. — Ludwig Van Beethoven Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven! — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
