Richard Wagner/Quotes

"The late Bill Nye once said, "I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds.""

- Mark Twain, in his Autobiography ("Bill Nye" was Edgar Wilson Nye.)

"Monsieur Wagner a de beaux moments, mais de mauvais quart d'heures. ("Mr. Wagner has some beautiful moments, but some awful quarters of an hour.")"

- Gioachino Rossinia