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42 Inspiring Quotes By Ludwig Van Beethoven, The German Mozart

Famous As: One of the Most Admired Composers and Pianists in the History of Western Music
Born On: December 17, 1770
Died On: March 26, 1827
Born In: Bonn, Germany
Died At Age: 56
The German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven is considered as the best composer, the world could ever have. He is believed to have introduced instrumental music into European culture and has tremendous contributions in the evolution of tonal music. Beethoven was introduced to music by his artist father who noticed his ability and helped him in getting a couple of extraordinary instructors at an early age. This encouraged him to give his first stage performance at an early age of 7. He was a born artist who published his first major work ‘9 Variations in C Minor for piano’ at an early age of 12 and was seen as the ‘young Mozart’ or ‘new Mozart’ by the majority. He moved to Vienna where he learned music from great composers like Joseph Haydn which helped him make many remarkable works in music. At the age of 26, he started facing hearing problems, but this never affected his creativity and determination of making music. It is believed that during the premiere of ‘Ninth Symphony’, his last composition Beethoven had become completely deaf and was unable to hear the audience clapping. Here is a collection of quotations and sayings by him which have been excerpted from his life and works. Go through these quotes on music and life by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers the world has ever witnessed.
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Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy

Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy

Ludwig van Beethoven
I love a tree more than a man.

I love a tree more than a man.

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.

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]

Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.) [Said on his deathbed]

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

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

Ludwig van Beethoven
To play without passion is inexcusable!

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Ludwig van Beethoven
I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.

I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

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

Ludwig van Beethoven
Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

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

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

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

Ludwig van Beethoven
To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.

To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours

Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours

Ludwig van Beethoven
Only the pure of heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure of heart can make a good soup.

Ludwig van Beethoven
I shall seize fate by the throat.

I shall seize fate by the throat.

Ludwig van Beethoven
It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce

It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce

Ludwig van Beethoven
Love demands all, and has a right to all.

Love demands all, and has a right to all.

Ludwig van Beethoven
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

Ludwig van Beethoven
There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!

Ludwig van Beethoven
Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

Never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Oh continue to love me - 
never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

ever thine
ever mine
ever ours

Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. ever thine ever mine ever ours

Ludwig van Beethoven
I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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

Ludwig van Beethoven
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Applaud my friends, the comedy is over...
[on his death bed]

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

Ludwig van Beethoven
The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.

The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.

Ludwig van Beethoven