“Joy is not in things; it is in us””
Quotes by Richard Wagner
“I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men; - I believe that he who once has bathed in the sublime delights of this high Art, is consecrate to Her for ever, and never can deny Her; - I believe that through Art all men are saved.””
“Imagination creates reality.””
“Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...””
The Ring of the Nibelung
“Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.””
“One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.””
“The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.””
Richard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, renowned for his revolutionary contributions to opera, which he referred to as music dramas. Unlike many of his...