What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and...

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and...

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.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Patience is the art of hoping.