There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!
Ludwig van BeethovenYou're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.
Ludwig van BeethovenMusic is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Although the spirit be not master of that which it creates through music, yet it is blessed in this creation, which, like every creation of art, is mightier than the artist.
Ludwig van Beethoven