An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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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.

There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth...

There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

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

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

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.