Wagner Quotes

57 Wagner quotes by 45 unique authors

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick… — Charles Baudelaire
Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than music would be… — Unknown Author
To them belong, not only the truly great statesmen, but all other great reformers as well. Beside Frederick the Great stands Martin Luther as well… — Adolf Hitler
I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like… — D. H. Lawrence
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled… — Ernest Newman
As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!' — Edward Abbey
My own duty as a teacher...is not so much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, or other masters of the past, but to give what encouragement I… — Antonin Dvorak
They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds. — Edgar Wilson Nye
I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him. — Honus Wagner
Renaissance cowboy/raconteur Pop Wagner ...deadpan funny ...his presence is like meeting Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers riding a single, many colored horse. Pop is a… — Ron Miles
If Wagner lived today, he would probably work with film instead of music. He already knew back then that the Great Art Form would include… — Harmony Korine
The music of Wagner imposes mental tortures that only algebra has the right to inflict. — Unknown Author
Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense. — Georg Solti
He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him. — John McGraw
I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but… — John McGraw
The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head. — John McGraw
Remember, Those who have the gift of faith are growth-oriented, goal-oriented, optimistic, and confident. – C. Peter Wagner. — Phil Pringle
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods. — Ludwig van Beethoven
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to… — Kiri Te Kanawa
Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens.… — Jack Wagner
I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade. — Tom Verlaine
...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting. — Mark Twain
I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that… — Mark Twain
The late Bill Nye once said, 'I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds. — Mark Twain
I think there is no work of art which represents the spirit of a nation more surely than "Die Meister Singer" of Richard Wagner. Here… — Ralph Vaughan Williams

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