Gustav Mahler Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.”
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“The real art of conducting consists in transitions.”
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“A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.”
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“If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.”
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“Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.”
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“Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.”
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“Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.”
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“The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.”
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“All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.”
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“In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.”
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“What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.”
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“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.”
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“A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!”
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“I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.”
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“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.”
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“In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.”
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“Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.”
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“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”
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“I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.”
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“Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.”
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“When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.”
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“To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.”
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“The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.”
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“The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.”
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“The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.”
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“It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.”
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“I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.”
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“In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.”
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“Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.”
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“I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.”
-- Gustav Mahler
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