Love demands all, and has a right to all.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me 'Holy! Holy!' Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland.

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!

Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.