It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is...

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

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

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

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...

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

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