This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
Ludwig van BeethovenIn the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.
Ludwig van BeethovenBut what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone standing next to me heard a shepherd singing and again I heard nothing. Such incidents drove me almost to despair; a little more of that and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back.
Ludwig van Beethoven