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Famous Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes
“Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.”
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
“To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.”
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
“There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.”
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
“The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.”
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
Source: Beethoven Library of Piano Works: Bagatelles, Sonatinas, Piano Pieces, and Variations
“The amount of money one needs is terrifying.”
Source: The letters of Beethoven
Source: Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
Source: Beethoven, the man and the artist: as revealed in his own words
Source: Beethoven, as Revealed in His Own Words: The Man and the Artist
“Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.”
“I can live only wholly with you or not at all.”
Source: Delphi Masterworks of Ludwig van Beethoven (Illustrated)
“Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.”
Source: Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
Source: Delphi Masterworks of Ludwig van Beethoven (Illustrated)
Source: Library of Piano Works, Vol 2
“It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.”
“Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.”