Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes

Ich werde im Himmel hören! (I will hear in heaven!)

"The only sign of "superiority" I acknowledge in Man is goodness."

Cheer up - remain my true, my only treasure, my all as I am yours. The gods must send us the rest, what for us must and shall be -

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.

I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later - yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering?

I used to be too free with my judgements and made enemies in this way; now I judge no one, and for no other reason than that I want to harm no one, and in the end I say to myself: if there's something decent in anyone, it will be upheld in spite of every kind of malice and envy; if there's nothing solid in him, nothing that's durable, then he'll collapse in any case, though others support him in every possible way.

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

Never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

We finite creatures with infinite spirits are born only to suffer and to rejoice and one could almost say that the most excellent among us derive joy from suffering.

El genio se compone del dos por ciento de talento y del noventa y ocho por ciento de perseverante aplicación

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

The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into it's secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Prince, what you are you are by accident of birth; what I am I am through myself. There have been and still will be thousands of princes; there is only one Beethoven.

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