"Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods."
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"Only art and science can raise men to the level of God."
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"We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes"
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"Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]"
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"Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit."
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"Wherever you are, I am there also."
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"Figured Bass (Harmony) and Religion are self-contained things, one should not argue these."
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"I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains."
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"There is no loftier mission than to approach the Godhead more nearly than other mortals, and by means of that contact to spread the rays of the Godhead through the human race."
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"I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?"
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"To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne."
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"The amount of money one needs is terrifying."
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"Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times"
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"From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape."
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"I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness."
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"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth."
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"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."
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"Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me."
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"Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof."
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"Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside."
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