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Gustav Mahler quotes: An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

Gustav Mahler quotes: My time will come, that is: after the finish of the recurring song cycles

My time will come, that is: after the finish of the recurring song cycles

Gustav Mahler quotes: It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

Gustav Mahler quotes: I beg of you ... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

Gustav Mahler quotes: When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

Gustav Mahler quotes: If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.

In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Man lives in greatest pain

Man lives in greatest pain

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

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.

Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

Gustav Mahler quotes: The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

Gustav Mahler quotes: A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.

I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.

Gustav Mahler quotes: To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.

To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.

Gustav Mahler quotes: What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.

What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.

Gustav Mahler quotes: I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

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

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

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.

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

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

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

Gustav Mahler quotes: I am thrice homeless, as a bohemian, as an Austrian, and all over the world, you guessed it right I am Jewish

I am thrice homeless, as a bohemian, as an Austrian, and all over the world, you guessed it right I am Jewish

Gustav Mahler quotes: Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.

The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Life's been nothing but paperwork.

Life's been nothing but paperwork.

Gustav Mahler quotes: In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: Both my marriages were failures! Number one departed, and number two stayed

Both my marriages were failures! Number one departed, and number two stayed

Gustav Mahler quotes: I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.

Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.

Gustav Mahler quotes: God can only be comprehended as Love.

God can only be comprehended as Love.

Gustav Mahler quotes: You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.

You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.

Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.

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

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

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

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

Gustav Mahler quotes: The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.

The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Tradition is laziness.

Tradition is laziness.

Gustav Mahler quotes: Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.