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Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Age: 56 †
Born: 1770
Born: December 16
Died: 1827
Died: March 26
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Handel, to him I bow the knee.
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Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.
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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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Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.
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Yet it was impossible for me to say to people, 'Speak louder, shout, for I am deaf.' Ah, how could I possibly admit an infirmity in the one sense which ought to be more perfect in me than others, a sense which I once possessed in the highest perfection, a perfection such as few in my profession enjoy or ever have enjoyed.
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To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.
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I will seize fate by the throat it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.
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He who understand my music will remain free from the miseries that the other men are dragging with them .
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What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.
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We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.
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I shall seize fate by the throat.
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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.
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An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.
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It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce
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The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.
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Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.
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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
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