The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

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

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

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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

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