“Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.”
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
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Famous Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”
Source: Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
“Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”
“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.”
“Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.”
“Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.”
Source: Delphi Masterworks of Ludwig van Beethoven (Illustrated)
“It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.”