Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Nothing is more intolerable than to have admitted to yourself your own errors.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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

— Ludwig van Beethoven

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Plaudits, ACICI, comedian finite est.(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

— Ludwig van Beethoven