Quotes from Richard Wagner

Though German art can never be Bavarian, but simply German, yet Munich is the capital of this German Art; here, under shelter of a Prince who kindles my enthusiasm, to feel myself a native and member of the people was, to me, the homeless wanderer, a deep, a genuine need.

In no State is there a weightier law than that which centers its stability in the supreme hereditary power of one particular family, unconnected and un-commingling with any other lineage in that State.

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

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

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

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

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.

I write music with an exclamation point!

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

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

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

I know absolutely nothing about music.

...music is the living God in our bosoms.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.

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

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

One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.

I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.

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

O thou, my gracious evening star.

I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.