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Symphony Quotes by Gustav Mahler
- To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.
- If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.
- A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.
More Symphony Quotes
- Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain. — Mikhail Bakunin
- A symphony is no joke. — Johannes Brahms
- When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.… — Dave Brubeck
- It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When… — David Byrne
- The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other. — Arthur Rubinstein
- Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and… — John Greenleaf Whittier
- All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini… — H. L. Mencken
- From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first movement is… — Meredith Willson
- Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger. — Victor Borge
- No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy. — Bernard Williams
- ...As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back,… — Anthony de Mello
- Existence cares. When I say God cares I mean that existence cares for you, it is not indifferent. Let this be the… — Rajneesh