Best Gustav Mahler Quotes
- Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. Divine
- It is a funny thing, but when I am making music, all the answers I seek for in life seem to be there, in the… All
- A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and… Appropriate
- Discipline, work. Work, discipline. Discipline
- If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies. Inspirational
- There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note. Difference
- The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great… Clearly
- Both my marriages were failures! Number one departed, and number two stayed Both
- Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience. Compose
- Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it. Already Composed
- If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. Bother
- The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed… Applause
- Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle. Always Remains
- A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. Contain
- The real art of conducting consists in transitions. Art
- An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. Gay
- I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way. Giving
- The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks. Among
- It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it. Conquer
- I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. Blinded
- If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster. Audience
- In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. Admire
- Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. Achieved
- I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise. Assume
- I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier. Better