Johanna van Beethoven (née Reiß ) (1786–1869) was the sister-in-law of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. She is remembered for the bitter custody battle between herself and the composer over her son Karl, one of the most ugly and traumatic episodes in the composer's life.
Read more about Johanna Van Beethoven: Earlier Years, Embezzlement and Conviction, The Custody Battle With Beethoven, Later Life, Assessment
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“Too nice is neighbor’s fool.”
—Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.
“Some have said that the thesis [of indeterminacy] is a consequence of my behaviorism. Some have said that it is a reductio ad absurdum of my behaviorism. I disagree with this second point, but I agree with the first. I hold further that the behaviorism approach is mandatory. In psychology one may or may not be a behaviorist, but in linguistics one has no choice.”
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“No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.”
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