Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Quote by Ludwig Van Beethoven

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What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by...

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by...

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

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

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

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in...

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in...

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you...

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you...

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity