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Quotes from Suffering and Greatness of Richard Wagner — Thomas Mann

1875–1955 Germany

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It is a pregnant complex, gleaming up from the unconscious, of mother-fixation, sexual desire, and fear.

Suffering and Greatness of Richard Wagner (1933)

Wagner's art is the most sensational self-portrayal and self-critique of German nature that it is possible to conceive.

Suffering and Greatness of Richard Wagner (1933)

He was all for catharsis and purification, he dreamed of an aesthetic consecration that should cleanse society of luxury, the greed of gold and all unloveliness.

Suffering and Greatness of Richard Wagner (1933)

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