Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt Quotes

“But then such a book as this is not meant to amuse.”
― Richard Wagner, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt: Vol I. 1841-1854

“What was infinitely more valuable to Wagner, and what excited his gratitude to even more superlative utterance, was the confidence which Liszt showed in his genius, and without which, it is no exaggeration to say, Wagner’s greatest works would probably have remained unwritten.”
― Richard Wagner, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt: Vol I. 1841-1854