Gustav Mahler Quotes

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

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

Gustav Mahler

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

Gustav Mahler

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

Gustav Mahler

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

Gustav Mahler