“Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.”

“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.”

“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”

“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.”

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

“What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.”

“My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.”