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Music - The...
Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind...
Tones that sound,...
Tones that sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
Beethoven can write...
Beethoven can write music, thank God -- but he can do nothing else on earth.
Recommend virtue to...
Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the...
Applaud friends, the...
Applaud friends, the comedy is over.
Source: Said on his deathbed.
-- Ludwig van...
A great poet...
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Source: Letter to Bettina von...
Music is the...
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
Source: In
Art! Who...
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Nothing is more...
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
No one should...
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
Source: Letter, 5 Jun...
Off with you!...
Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better...
Music should strike...
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
Only the pure...
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Source: In
The barriers are...
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, Thus far and no...
Do not let...
Do not let that trouble Your Excellency; perhaps the greetings are intended for me.