If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. – Gustav Mahler
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note. – Gustav Mahler
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. – Gustav Mahler
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. – Gustav Mahler
I don’t let myself get carried away by my own ideas – I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day. – Gustav Mahler
I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed. – Gustav Mahler
Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again. – Gustav Mahler
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. – Gustav Mahler
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 by failure nor seduced by applause. – Gustav Mahler
I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young… he killed himself in the prime of his life. – Gustav Mahler
