Apologize Quote by Sarah Strohmeyer

For many artists fame complements the value of creative self-expression. Ludwig van Beethoven loved composing music, but he probably would have enjoyed it less…

— Tyler Cowen

“Ludwig van Beethoven had originally called his third symphony The Bonaparte.”

— Andrew Marr

I love music, I'm very eclectic. On my iPad I have the complete works of Ludwig van Beethoven.

— Bernie Sanders

“[ When asked why are numbers beautiful ?] It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven ’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see…

— Paul Erdos

“I hope Ludwig van Beethoven gets his cut, Langdon thought, fairly certain that the original inventor of bone conduction technology was the eighteenth-century composer…

— Dan Brown

I'm really good at melodic and sonic things, but I don't really think I have anything to say. But I really enjoy the puzzle-making…

— Meshell Ndegeocello

Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“Without suffering there is no struggle, without struggle no victory, without victory no crown." Maria van Beethoven (Beethoven's mom)”

— Jan Swafford

I come from a family in which music was important, especially German music - from I come from a family in which music was…

— Emmanuel Macron

The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the history of…

— Susan McClary

“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

And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by…

— Victor Borge

I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must try to…

— Kurt Masur

For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.

— Cornel West