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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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.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

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...

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.

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...

The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel...

The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

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.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

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

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

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...

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with...

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with...

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

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

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

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

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

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