Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. Gustav Mahler on beauty
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. Gustav Mahler on failure
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. Gustav Mahler on future
I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding. Gustav Mahler on hope
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. Gustav Mahler on music
The real art of conducting consists in transitions. Gustav Mahler on music