Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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 real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19...

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19...

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...

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...

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and...

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and...

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

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

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.

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.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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

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