


Ludwig van Beethoven is of such greatness that even to follow in his footsteps transcends one's strength.
Ludwig van Beethoven is a composer whose last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.


Ludwig van Beethoven is eternal — everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Ludwig van Beethoven is a composer whose music always sounds like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.
Beethoven could still hear after going deaf thanks to a process called bone conduction. While composing, he would simply bite a metal pole connecting to the piano and he could 'hear' the music perfectly well

Ludwig van Beethoven is a composer who embraced the universe with the power of his spirit.