There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

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

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

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...

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 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 point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to...

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to...

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...

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

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

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

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