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All Quotes by author - Gustav Mahler

" All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. "

" An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. "

" A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. "

" Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. "

" Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking. "

" Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier. "

" Discipline, work. Work, discipline. "

" Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it. "

" Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand. "

" Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle. "

" I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life. "

" I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way. "

" I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed. "

" I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise. "

" I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day. "

" If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. "

" If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies. "

" If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster. "

" I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier. "

" I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding. "

" I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone. "

" In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. "

" In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. "

" It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces. "

" It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going. "

" It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew. "

" It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it. "

" I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. "

" Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. "

" Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. "

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