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These revelations expressed through Art work upon the soul with a force carrying its own conviction and permeate our sentient life with a sense of truth which logic and mere reason are powerless to combat.
Richard Wagner
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Richard Wagner
Age: 69 †
Born: 1813
Born: May 22
Died: 1883
Died: February 13
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Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's Supper.
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I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.
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One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.
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The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.
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