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

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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

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

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...

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

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

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

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...

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 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...

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

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

I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.

I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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

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

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.