Ludwig Van Beethoven

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

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

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.

Handel, to him I bow the knee.

To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

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

He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

I want to seize fate by the throat.

Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.

ever thine, ever mine, ever ours

Good Morning, on July 7 My thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved I can only live wholly with you or not at all- Be calm my life, my all. Only by calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together. Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever Thine Ever Mine Ever Yours