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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.

If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

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.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

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...

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.