Quotes by : Gustav Mahler

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

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

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

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

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

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

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

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

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.