More from Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry aw…
  2. Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
  3. 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 th…
  4. Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)
  5. Ich werde im Himmel horen! (I will hear in heaven!)
  6. The day-to-day exhausted me!
  7. Muss es sein? Es muss sein.
  8. Another equally true saying of Schumann is that, compared with Beethoven, Schubert is as a woman to a man. For it must be confessed that on…

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