Richard Wagner
Opera composer
Modern
influential
125 sayings
Sayings by Richard Wagner
My music is a mirror of my soul.
1857
— Letter to Mathilde Wesendonck
General
Unverifiable
I am misunderstood by everyone, even by myself.
1856
— Letter to Franz Liszt
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable
I am a composer of the future, and the future belongs to me.
1850
— Letter to August Roeckel
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable
I have no doubt that my music will one day be recognized as the greatest ever written.
1874
— Conversation recorded by Cosima Wagner in her diaries
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable
I am a man who has always followed his own path, regardless of the consequences.
1859
— Letter to Mathilde Wesendonck
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable