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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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