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Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer who bridged Classical and Romantic music; wrote nine symphonies and the Moonlight Sonata. Increasingly deaf from his late twenties; lived 1770–1827.

5 quotes

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.
Ludwig van Beethovenart
Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.
Ludwig van Beethovenart
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
Ludwig van Beethovenart
To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.
Ludwig van Beethovenart
What I have in my heart and soul — must find a way out. That's the reason for music.
Ludwig van Beethovenart

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.

What I have in my heart and soul — must find a way out. That's the reason for music.