Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

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

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

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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 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...