14 quotes
German composer (1770–1827)
“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.”
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
on Art
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
"Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors."
on Wisdom
"One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations."
"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."
"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!"
on Happiness
"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."
"Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."
on Life
"Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine."
"This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble."
"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."
"I shall seize fate by the throat."
on Inspirational
