In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

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.

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...