All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

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• Gustav Mahler:

  An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

• Gustav Mahler:

  Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets

• Gustav Mahler:

  Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.

• Gustav Mahler:

  Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

• Gustav Mahler:

  Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

• Gustav Mahler:

  Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

• Gustav Mahler:

  Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.

• Gustav Mahler:

  I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gif

• Gustav Mahler:

  I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

• Gustav Mahler:

  I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.