Beethoven Quotes

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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. — 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… — Ludwig van Beethoven
If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D. — Jack Black
Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and… — Johannes Brahms
When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music. — Dave Brubeck
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter. — George Carlin
All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been… — H. L. Mencken
You are no more in your body than Beethoven is inside your radio. — Deepak Chopra
Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel
How fortunate for civilization, that Beethoven, Michelangelo, Galileo and Faraday were not required by law to attend schools where their total personalities would have been… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore. — Henry Adams
Scientific truth is too beautiful to be sacrificed for the sake of light entertainment or money. Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like… — Richard Dawkins
Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ? — Tex Sample
Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer. — John Ruskin
If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. — Simon Rattle
Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than music would be… — Norman Robert Campbell
If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to… — Donald Bradman
Those who know the marvels of chess and wonder why this game of all games does not enjoy greater popularity may also ask why Pepsi-Cola… — Gregor Piatigorsky

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