Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. View quotes by Robertson Davies
If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong View quotes by Simon Rattle
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation. View quotes by Tom Stoppard
Scientific truth is too beautiful to be sacrificed for the sake of light entertainment or money. Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles View quotes by Richard Dawkins