You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. Gustav Mahler More Quotes by Gustav Mahler More Quotes From Gustav Mahler Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it. Gustav Mahler viewsbother Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking. Gustav Mahler existencebehindsbranches It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces. Gustav Mahler easierachievepieces In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. Gustav Mahler theatricaladmiredrama The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. Gustav Mahler my-futureimpressionform Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier. Gustav Mahler bitsfatedestiny I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise. Gustav Mahler never-assumedisguiseassuming Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle. Gustav Mahler idlenessidleremains An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. Gustav Mahler operagay Tradition is laziness. Gustav Mahler traditionlaziness In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. Gustav Mahler chamber-musicaudiencespace To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole. Gustav Mahler composerwholejudging Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes. Gustav Mahler ashestraditionfire What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized. Gustav Mahler composingwanted The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes. Gustav Mahler complexescomposerused With the coming of spring, I am calm again. Gustav Mahler spring-maycalmspring The real art of conducting consists in transitions. Gustav Mahler musicchangelife 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 musicianbrothermen The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form. Gustav Mahler clearformspirit Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already. Gustav Mahler musicalbotherlooks
