2. Creative Quotations from Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) born Dec 16 German composer; He was the dominant figure between the Classical and Romantic eras; he composed his Ninth Symphony when totally deaf.

3. Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

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

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

6. The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‘Thus far and no farther.’

7. No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

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