203 Quotes by Ludwig van Beethoven

Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive – would that I could live a thousand times.

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

She was such a good loving mother, my best friend. Oh, who was happier than I when I could still say the dear name “Mother,” and it was heard, and whom can I say it to now?

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

Mistakes – mistakes – you yourself are a unique mistake!

You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse – it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me ‘Holy! Holy!’ Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret – even in art.