Gustav Mahler was a famous Composer from Austria, who lived between July 7, 1860 and May 18, 1911. He/she became 50 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective.
Our collection contains 35 quotes who is written / told by Gustav, under the main topic Music.
"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding"
"Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier"
"Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift"
"I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone"
"When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one"
"It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it"
"I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise"
"An operetta is simply a small and gay opera"
"It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew"
"In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience"
"If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies"
"Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it"
"Discipline, work. Work, discipline"
"Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos"
"All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish"
"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"
"I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier"
"There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note"
"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"
"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music"
"Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again"
"It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces"
"Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand"
"You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion"
"With the coming of spring, I am calm again"
"It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going"
"In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage"
"If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster"
"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment"
"I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day"
"Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle"
"Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking"
"A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything"
"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way"
"I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way"
