Ludwig van Beethoven
10 quotes
“Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? Letter to Bettina von Arnim”
“Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life. Attributed to Beethoven by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe (28 May 1810); Goethe's Correspondence with a Child”
“Goethe's Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde: Seinem Denkmal , Volume 2, Dümmler, 1835, p. 193.”
“As reported by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe , 28 May 1810.”
“Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie. [1] Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”
“Nur das Reine im Herzen kann eine gute Suppe machen. Only the pure in the heart can make a good soup.”
“Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear. Conversations”
“...thus do I take my farewell of thee”
“There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art”
“I want to seize fate by the throat. Letter to F.G. Wegeler, 16 November, 1801.”