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What will be the judgment a c...

What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and - more's the pity- the fashions of time, only that which is good and true will endure like a rock and no wanton hand will ever venture to defile it. Then, let every man do that which is right, strive with all his might towards the goal which can never be obtained, develop to the last breath the gifts with which the gracious Creator has endowed him, and never cease to learn. For life is short, art eternal.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

Everything should be at once ...

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

Hide your secret even from th...

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

We all make mistakes, but eve...

We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

Recommend to your children to...

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

You ask me where I get my ide...

You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them with my hands - out in the open air, in the woods, while walking, in the silence of the nights, at dawn, excited by moods which are translated by the poet into words, by me into tones that sound and roar and storm about me till I have set them down in notes.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

Recommend to your children vi...

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

All my life I have regarded m...

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

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How glad I am to be able to r...

How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

From the glow of enthusiasm I...

From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape. I pursue it. Breathless I catch up with it. It flies again, it disappears, it plunges into a chaos of diverse emotions. I catch it again, I seize it, I embrace it with delight... I multiply it by modulations, and at last I triumph in the first theme. There is the whole symphony.

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But what a humiliation for me...

But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone standing next to me heard a shepherd singing and again I heard nothing. Such incidents drove me almost to despair; a little more of that and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

An artist is someone who has ...

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

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The vibrations on the air are...

The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

No friend have I. I must live...

No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

Music is a higher revelation ...

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

Life would be flat without mu...

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

The world is a king, and like...

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

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You're a happy fellow, for yo...

You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

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My misfortune is doubly painf...

My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.

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Love, and love alone, is capa...

Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.

Ludwig van Beethoven 166 quotes

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