Music, verily, is the mediator between intellectual and sensuous life... the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. - Ludwig van Beethoven
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose. - Ludwig van Beethoven
To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. - Ludwig van Beethoven
I wish you all the good and charm that life can offer. Think of me kindly, and rest assured that no one would more rejoice to hear of your happiness. - Ludwig van Beethoven
I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. - Ludwig van Beethoven
[When asked why are numbers beautiful?]It’s like asking why is ’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is. Paul Erdős - Ludwig van Beethoven
Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy - Ludwig van Beethoven
Applaud my friends, the comedy is over...[on his death bed] - Ludwig van Beethoven
It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)[Said on his deathbed] - Ludwig van Beethoven
Music is a higher revelation than philosophy. - Ludwig van Beethoven
I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Music--the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge, which comprehends mankind, but which mankind cannot comprehend. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. - Ludwig van Beethoven
Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear. - Ludwig van Beethoven
I shall seize fate by the throat. - Ludwig van Beethoven
We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings. - Ludwig van Beethoven