Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.
Richard WagnerBlessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?
Richard WagnerAny so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.
Richard WagnerIt is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.
Richard WagnerWhat Music expresses is eternal, infinite, and ideal; she expresses not the passion, love, desire, of this or that individual in this or that condition, but Passion, Love, Desire itself, and in such infinitely varied phases as lie in her unique possession and are foreign and unknown to any other tongue...So...Here's to Victory, gained by our higher sense over the worthlessness of the vulgar! To Love, which crowns our courage...To the day, to the night!...And three cheers for Music.
Richard Wagner