Lacking Quote by Richard Wagner

“Those who grasp the whole, will also comprehend all parts of that whole, even when immediate technical understanding is lacking, and recognize and marshal these.”

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

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Here, everything is tragic through and through, and the will, that fain would shape a world according to its wish, at last can reach…

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The error in the art-genre of Opera consists herein: a Means of expression (Music) has been made the end, while the End of expression…

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I have only a mind to live, to enjoy - i.e., to work as an artist, and produce my works; but not for the…

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

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

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