Beauty Quote by Robert Shaw

“I'm not Beethoven!”

— Jerry Garcia

“Beethoven, he learned, was a proud man who believed absolutely in his own abilities and never bothered to flatter the nobility. Believing that art…

— Haruki Murakami

“Beethoven speaking to royalty: "What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will…

— Beethoven

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

— E.M. Forster

“That Beethoven was capable of producing the ultimate musical definition of heroism in this context is itself extraordinary, for he was able to evoke…

— Maynard Solomon

“But that some sonatas of Beethoven are written tragic no one can gainsay; yet they can triumph or despair as the player decides, and…

— E.M. Forster

“Two decades later, Ferdinand Hiller had proposed in a long essay—published in a special issue of the magazine Salon that celebrated Beethoven’s centenary—precisely where…

— Russell Martin

“Beethoven... he is a miracle!”

— Alice Herz Sommer

“On behalf of all that is good and melodic, Ludwig van Beethoven, I apologize.”

— Sarah Strohmeyer

“In these few minutes, I was Beethoven's captive and I couldn't have been a more willing participant.”

— Stormy Smith

In my early music-loving days, I thought Beethoven was a bit bombastic, a bit heroic, a bit, well, big.

— Sheila Hancock

“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