Ludwig van Beethoven:

I have no friend. I must live alone. I know that I am closer to God than other artists; I commune with Him in my art.

— Ludwig van Beethoven Early Modern

Composer, deaf genius

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"O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me."

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