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Richard Wagner quotes: The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to say in words.

The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to say in words.

Richard Wagner quotes: One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.

One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.

Richard Wagner quotes: Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.

Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.

Richard Wagner quotes: Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

Richard Wagner quotes: A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

Richard Wagner quotes: Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's Supper.

Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's Supper.

Richard Wagner quotes: We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

Richard Wagner quotes: Music is the living God in our bosoms.

Music is the living God in our bosoms.

Richard Wagner quotes: Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

Richard Wagner quotes: That even in its sharpest pangs of pain a dog can still caress its master we have learnt from the studies of vivisectors.

That even in its sharpest pangs of pain a dog can still caress its master we have learnt from the studies of vivisectors.

Richard Wagner quotes: Imagination creates reality.

Imagination creates reality.

Richard Wagner quotes: I know nothing at all about music.

I know nothing at all about music.

Richard Wagner quotes: I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner.

I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner.

Richard Wagner quotes: Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Richard Wagner quotes: I wish I could score everything for horns.

I wish I could score everything for horns.

Richard Wagner quotes: The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

Richard Wagner quotes: The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts.

The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters,
in all centuries and in all the arts.

Richard Wagner quotes: The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

Richard Wagner quotes: I know absolutely nothing about music.

I know absolutely nothing about music.

Richard Wagner quotes: You know my faithfulness to you, never can another own my heart, never - never - never ...

You know my faithfulness to you, never can another own my heart, never - never - never ...

Richard Wagner quotes: Music truely has to all other arts the same relation as religion to the church.

Music truely has to all other arts the same relation as religion to the church.

Richard Wagner quotes: Blessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?

Blessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?

Richard Wagner quotes: The French idea of playing an instrument well is to be able to SING well upon it.

The French idea of playing an instrument well is to be able to SING well upon it.

Richard Wagner quotes: The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

Richard Wagner quotes: Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

Richard Wagner quotes: Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know ...

Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know ...

Richard Wagner quotes: The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable.

The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable.

Richard Wagner quotes: Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

Richard Wagner quotes: Whatever my passions demand of me, I become for the time being - musician, poet, director, author, lecturer or anything else.

Whatever my passions demand of me, I become for the time being - musician, poet, director, author, lecturer or anything else.

Richard Wagner quotes: I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

Richard Wagner quotes: In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow

In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow

Richard Wagner quotes: I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.

I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.

Richard Wagner quotes: I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.

I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.

Richard Wagner quotes: I write music with an exclamation point!

I write music with an exclamation point!

Richard Wagner quotes: Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

Richard Wagner quotes: It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

Richard Wagner quotes: My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.

My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.

Richard Wagner quotes: If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.

If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.

Richard Wagner quotes: Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.

Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.

Richard Wagner quotes: Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.

Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.

Richard Wagner quotes: But then such a book as this is not meant to amuse.

But then such a book as this is not meant to amuse.

Richard Wagner quotes: It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.

It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.

Richard Wagner quotes: Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.

Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.

Richard Wagner quotes: Bruckner he is my man!

Bruckner he is my man!

Richard Wagner quotes: The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

Richard Wagner quotes: For once you are going to hear a dream, a dream that I have made sound ... I dreamed all this; never could my poor head have invented such a

For once you are going to hear a dream, a dream that I have made sound ... I dreamed all this; never could my poor head have invented such a thing.

Richard Wagner quotes: The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

Richard Wagner quotes: Joy is not in things; it is in us

Joy is not in things; it is in us