Beethoven Quotes

187 Beethoven quotes by 152 unique authors

And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room to grow, so… — Andrew Clements
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came… — Helen Keller
and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the… — Andrea Gibson
If I am against the condition of the world it is not because I am a moralist, it is because I want to laugh more.… — Henry Miller
As to...old composers like Schubert or Beethoven, I imagine that, while modern music expresses both feeling, thought and imagination, they expressed pure feeling. And you… — C.S. Lewis
I don't know if this is true to you but for me sometimes it gets so bad that anything else say like looking at a… — Charles Bukowski
Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We… — Bill Bryson
Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon… — Stefan Zweig
Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man. — Frederic Chopin
We'll win, of course," he said. "You don't want that," said the demon. "Why not, pray?“ “Listen," said Crowley desperately, "how many musicians do you… — Neil Gaiman
Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you. — Max Lucado
The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”,… — Brennan Manning
I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create — or guarantee — existence. Hence, my compulsion to make “lists.” The things… — Susan Sontag
Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card. — Charles M. Schulz
People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet. — Unknown Author
High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of… — Milan Kundera
Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as great importance as the food… — Charles Hazlewood
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of… — Daniel Barenboim
What makes a Beethoven symphony spectacular, what makes a Brahms rhapsody spectacular is that the patterns are wondrous. — Brian Greene
A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people. — Andre Previn
If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time. — Richard Hyung-ki Joo
Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles. — Richard Dawkins
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation. — Tom Stoppard
Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is… — Karen DeCrow
Napolean is dead - but Beethoven lives. — Bruno Walter

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