Ludwig van Beethoven

Quotes by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Composer · German · 1770–1827

German composer (1770–1827)

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“I sometimes dwell on the fact that there's one thing that time and humankind will not be able to take away from me, leaving me rich, richer than Croesus: the bliss that I derive from a Heine poem, ...”
— Ludwig van Beethoven

“A colossus beyond the grasp of most mortals, with his totally uncompromising power, his unsensual and uningratiating way with music as with people.”
— Ludwig van Beethoven