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The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.
Gustav Mahler
Music
Thoughts
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.
Gustav Mahler
Life
Content
Future
I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
Gustav Mahler
Ideas
Day
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
Gustav Mahler
People
Censure
It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
Gustav Mahler
Result
I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.
Gustav Mahler
Life
Brother
Talent
Man
I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
Gustav Mahler
Disguise
I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.
Gustav Mahler
Hope
Now
Understanding
Will
In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
Gustav Mahler
Love
Drama
Ending
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
Gustav Mahler
Music
Beginnings
Space
I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.
Gustav Mahler
Giving
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
Gustav Mahler
Music
Trying
Words
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.
Gustav Mahler
Impulses
Man
I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.
Gustav Mahler
Word
Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.
Gustav Mahler
Existence