Quote by E.M. Forster

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.

— E. M. Forster

“I'd like to hear your opinion on this piece of Beethoven. And remember, it is not Beethoven who is being examined here.”

— Paul Strathern

“It is as if you have described a symphony of Beethoven accurately, with all the notes right, and the dynamics, and the pace of…

— Timothy Cook

“The less number of people like my writing the happier I become. The masses do not understand a symphony too!”

— Avijeet Das

“A burst of Beethoven that would have made the composer glad he was deaf erupted from her i-Phone.”

— Ian Simpson

“Beethoven his thoughts moving at the speed of sound transforming emotion into music and for a moment it was like joy was a tangible…

— Shane Koyczan

“Cher and share alike. At least in sound. Most of the decisions I make are sound, exactly like Beethoven when he wrote and discarded…

— Jarod Kintz

Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.

— John Ruskin

A lot of people don't know that Beethoven, when he wrote the Fifth Symphony, that second movement, he took eight years to figure that…

— Wayne Shorter

“Even though Beethoven wrote this song when he was depressed about his hearing and was sleeping around with girls, it sounds like a happy…

— Tomoko Ninomiya

“I'm not Beethoven!”

— Jerry Garcia

“He had said it bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says other things.”

— E.M. Forster