Perhaps, but Einstein has also been misquoted on quite a few things, too. That's something to consider.
Another thing to consider is that Newton was a rather clever fellow, too, perhaps even in Einstein's league.
...And Newton says that Gravity propagates at near instantaneous speeds.
That's something else to consider.
Lets try a different tack.
If you have a flat sheet of rubber and you place a large ball on it, you will see a curve. If you roll a smaller ball near it the smaller ball will curve due to the bend in the sheet. This is a good analogy of a gravity field. This sheet is there all the time. However, a wave can be created in that sheet which will then propagate (but the original curve will still be there) along the sheet. If this is a gravitational field and a gravity wave, that wave will propagate at the speed of light according to General Relativity.
I am not sure I am saying this very well.