Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. Ludwig van Beethoven More Quotes by Ludwig van Beethoven More Quotes From Ludwig van Beethoven What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music. Ludwig van Beethoven soulheartway The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are. Ludwig van Beethoven airmenchildren I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others. Ludwig van Beethoven burdens-of-lifewishhelping 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. Ludwig van Beethoven musicwisdominspirational Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. Ludwig van Beethoven musicphilosophythinking 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 Beethoven specialwould-beheart Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning Ludwig van Beethoven unattainablestrivemight To play without passion is inexcusable! Ludwig van Beethoven passionmusicplay Music can change the world. Ludwig van Beethoven musicpeaceworld Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent. Ludwig van Beethoven closest-friendssilentsecret An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself. Ludwig van Beethoven artistlifeart What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven composing-musiccomposerbirth Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. Ludwig van Beethoven musiceyeheart Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. Ludwig van Beethoven hard-workencouragementwar What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and - more's the pity- the fashions of time, only that which is good and true will endure like a rock and no wanton hand will ever venture to defile it. Then, let every man do that which is right, strive with all his might towards the goal which can never be obtained, develop to the last breath the gifts with which the gracious Creator has endowed him, and never cease to learn. For life is short, art eternal. Ludwig van Beethoven fashionmusicart Art always demands of us something new. Ludwig van Beethoven demandsomething-newart Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin? Ludwig van Beethoven musicgivingthinking I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them. Ludwig van Beethoven fateevilart Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Ludwig van Beethoven musicwisdomspiritual Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets. Ludwig van Beethoven musicsecretart
