Beethoven/character

Famous quotes containing the words beethoven and/or character:

    No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
    —Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)

    A Man who always acts in the Severity of Wisdom, or the Haughtiness of Quality, seems to move in a personated Part: It looks too Constrained and Theatrical for a Man to be always in that Character which distinguishes him from others.
    Richard Steele (1672–1729)