I can live only wholly with you or not at all.
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.
I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.
Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.