An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A...

I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A...

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with...

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not...

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not...

It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step...

It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step...

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

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

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

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

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.

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to...

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to...

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who...

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who...