I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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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.

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama...

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama...

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 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.

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...

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

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

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

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...

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and...

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

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...