Gustav Mahler Quotes

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a sma...

Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets a...

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and worki...

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.