“The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no li...” — Ludwig van Beethoven Quote

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Music from my fourth year began to be the first of my youthful occupations. Thus early acquainted with the gracious muse who tuned my soul to pure harmonies, I became fond of her, and, as it often seemed to me, she of me.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

Surprise is key in all art.

My painting does not come from the easel.

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential - the imagination.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.