Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

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.

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...

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

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

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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 easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.

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

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 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.