Ich werde im Himmel hören!
(I will hear in heaven!)
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Aphorisms by Ludwig van Beethoven
Must it be? It must be.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Music)
Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents.
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The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.
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Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!
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Artists are fiery, they do not weep!
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I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied. Then, in my head, I begin 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.
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Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
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Such incidents brought me to the verge of despair, but little more and I would have put an end to my life, only art it was that withheld me, ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I had felt called upon to produce.
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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.
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