I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.

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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.

Gustav Mahler in Letter to Max Marschalk (1896)
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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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Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

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I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.

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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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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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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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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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The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

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