Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.
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 BeethovenI wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.
Ludwig van BeethovenDon'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.
Ludwig van Beethoven