203 Quotes by Ludwig van Beethoven

Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

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 liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.

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

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an honourable guest of Zeus is short. It's a pity, but all too eager will the common folk drag him from this etherial heights to the low and trodden earth.

Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Godhead more nearly than other mortals, and by means of that contact to spread the rays of the Godhead through the human race.