Quotes by : Ludwig van Beethoven

Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but....

The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he....

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he....

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men....

If once he has got the right fingering, plays in good time, with the notes fairly correct, then only....

I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic....

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's....

Music comes to me more readily than words.