Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead
I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The process of creation involves constant revision and deep contemplation until one achieves satisfaction.
Ludwig Van Beethoven emphasizes the iterative process of artistic creation, highlighting that great work is not born in a single moment but through a cycle of alterations and refinements. He points out that once he feels content with his material, he enters a phase of profound mental exploration, examining every aspect and dimension of his art to reach its fullest potential.
Themes
ArtCreationRevisionSatisfactionProcess
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire artists during a creative block at an art workshop.
More from Ludwig Van Beethoven
All quotes βOften, 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!
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead
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.
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead
I carry my thoughts about me for a long time, often a very long time, before I write them down; meanwhile my memory is so faithful that I am sure never to forget, not even in years, a theme that has once occurred to me.
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead
Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead
Similar quotes
It is not reasonable that art should win the place of honor over our great and powerful mother Nature. We have so overloaded the beauty and richness of her works by our inventions that we have quite smothered her.
Michel De MontaigneRead
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
Arthur EricksonRead
My writing is jagged and harsh, I want it to remain that way; I don't want it smoothed out.
Charles BukowskiRead
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.
Marlon BrandoRead
I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?
Mary CassattRead
I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.
Anthony HopkinsRead