Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes

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

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

Love demands all, and has a right to all.

There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

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.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

I love a tree more than a man.

What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.

Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Art always demands of us something new.

I shall hear in heaven.

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?

Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

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

Music can change the world.

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

To play without passion is inexcusable!

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.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.