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

~ Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler Fire Mahler Tradition Worship

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

Gustav Mahler Life World Opinion

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

~ Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler I Am Calm Spring

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

~ Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler Me Spring House