One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.


Beethoven, the man and the artist: as revealed in his own words (ed. 1905)


One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.