“I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven, and also in their disciples and apostles. I believe in the Holy Ghost and in the truth of the invisible Art. I believe that Art proceeds from God and lives in the hearts of all enlightened men. I believe that whoever has once reveled in the lofty enjoyments of this high Art will be her devotee forever and can never deny her. I believe that all can become blessed through Art, and that, therefore, everybody should be permitted to die of starvation for her sake. I believe that I shall be highly beatified through death. I believe that I was a discord on earth which through death shall be gloriously resolved in purity.” - Richard Wagner (from his will)