“If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?” IfsUniverseContemplating Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
“Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.” IfsHas BeensEnoughTeacherTeachingMusicalComposerBacksidesRossini Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
“I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.” IfsWritingTryingImaginationFrontsRemainsDepthCastsSatisfiedHeightLabourAgain And AgainAngleTry AgainBreadth Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
“Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.” IfsFeelsWrittenStrangeNotes Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
“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.” IfsSaidCountrySeemsSpeakTreeHolyGloryBlessedWoodsTheeEcstasyAlmightyWoodland Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
“What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.” IfsHeartDoeBodySpiritNotes Author:Ludwig van Beethoven
