German - Composer | December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827
I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later - yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering?
Ludwig van Beethoven
OpportunityDeathHappySufferingMe
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
SayBarriersTalentsIndustryFar
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!
HappinessJoyHappyPeopleBetter
There ought to be an artistic depot where the artist need only hand in his artwork in order to receive what he asks for. As things are, one must be half a business man, and how can one understand - good heavens! - that's what I really call troublesome.
GoodBusinessManArtistUnderstand
Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.
MusicI AmWineNewOutMankind
Often, I can scarcely hear any one speaking to me; the tones yes, but not the actual words; yet as soon as any one shouts, it is unbearable. What will come of all this, heaven only knows!
WordsMeHeavenI CanWillYes
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