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The July Revolution took place; with one bound I became a revolutionist, and acquired the conviction that every decently active being ought to occupy himself with politics exclusively.

— Richard Wagner Autobiographical Sketch (1843)

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

Opera and Drama (1851)

This is Alberich's dream come true — Nibelheim, world dominion, activity, work, everywhere the oppressive feeling of steam and fog.

Cosima Wagner's Diaries (1978)

I am writing Parsifal only for my wife — if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.

Cosima Wagner's Diaries (1978)

Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.

Cosima Wagner's Diaries (1978)

"Property" has acquired an almost greater sacredness in our social conscience than religion: for offence against the latter there is lenience, for damage to the former no forgiveness.

Know Thyself (1881)

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