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Inspirational Quotes by Gustav Mahler
- Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.
- It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all, a…
- Life's been nothing but paperwork.
- Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.
- Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.
- I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
- My time will come, that is: after the finish of the recurring song cycles
- I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.
- It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.
- Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.
- In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.
- Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
- Discipline, work. Work, discipline.
- If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.
- 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…
- Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.
- Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
- Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.
- A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.
- An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
- The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.
- In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
- I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
- I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.
- I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.
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- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento