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Gustav Mahler Quotes

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier Picture Quote #1

Discipline, work. Work, discipline Picture Quote #1

Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand Picture Quote #1

If you think you’re boring your audience, go slower not faster Picture Quote #1

Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle Picture Quote #1

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way Picture Quote #1

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I have become a different person. I don’t know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier Picture Quote #1

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth! Picture Quote #1

It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all, a musician’s nature can hardly be expressed in words Picture Quote #1

It is a funny thing, but when I am making music, all the answers I seek for in life seem to be there, in the music. Or rather, I should say, when I am making music, there are no questions and no need for answers Picture Quote #1

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding Picture Quote #1

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos Picture Quote #1

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We all return. It is this certainty that gives meaning to life and it does not make the slightest difference whether or not in a later incarnation we remember the former life. What counts is not the individual and his comfort, but the great aspiration to the perfect and the pure which goes on in each incarnation Picture Quote #1

It’s not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it Picture Quote #1

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment Picture Quote #1

A true personality... is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and vigorously rejects that which is unsuitable Picture Quote #1

If I weren’t the way I am, I shouldn’t write my symphonies Picture Quote #1

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one Picture Quote #1

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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience Picture Quote #1

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage Picture Quote #1

The point is not to take the world’s opinion as a guiding star but to go one’s way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause Picture Quote #1

The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi Picture Quote #1

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music Picture Quote #1

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes Picture Quote #1

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It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going Picture Quote #1

Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again Picture Quote #1

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one’s contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one’s way Picture Quote #1

It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew Picture Quote #1

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Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier (Gustav Mahler Quotes) Discipline, work. Work, discipline (Gustav Mahler Quotes) Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand (Gustav Mahler Quotes) If you think you’re boring your audience, go slower not faster (Gustav Mahler Quotes) Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle (Gustav Mahler Quotes) I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way (Gustav Mahler Quotes) I have become a different person. I don’t know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier (Gustav Mahler Quotes) A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth! (Gustav Mahler Quotes) It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all, a musician’s nature can hardly be expressed in words (Gustav Mahler Quotes) It is a funny thing, but when I am making music, all the answers I seek for in life seem to be there, in the music. Or rather, I should say, when I am making music, there are no questions and no need for answers (Gustav Mahler Quotes) I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding (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 (Gustav Mahler Quotes) We all return. It is this certainty that gives meaning to life and it does not make the slightest difference whether or not in a later incarnation we remember the former life. What counts is not the individual and his comfort, but the great aspiration to the perfect and the pure which goes on in each incarnation (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 (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 (Gustav Mahler Quotes) A true personality... is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and vigorously rejects that which is unsuitable (Gustav Mahler Quotes) If I weren’t the way I am, I shouldn’t write my symphonies (Gustav Mahler Quotes) When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one (Gustav Mahler Quotes) In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience (Gustav Mahler Quotes) In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage (Gustav Mahler Quotes) The point is not to take the world’s opinion as a guiding star but to go one’s way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause (Gustav Mahler Quotes) The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi (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 (Gustav Mahler Quotes) The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes (Gustav Mahler Quotes) It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going (Gustav Mahler Quotes) Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again (Gustav Mahler Quotes) Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one’s contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one’s way (Gustav Mahler Quotes) It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew (Gustav Mahler Quotes)

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