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

Quote by Gustav Mahler

Topics: Gustav Mahler Quotes

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is...

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is...

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.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to...

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a...

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a...

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

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

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...

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I...

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I...

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

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