Gustav Mahler

With the coming of spring, I am calm again. ”

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

The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form. ”

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

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

The real art of conducting consists in transitions. ”

It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going. ”

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. ”

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. ”

The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks. ”