Quotation by

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.

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Beethoven compares music to wine that sparks creativity and new ideas. He sees himself as the god Bacchus, who produces this powerful inspiration that elevates people's spirits.

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