Quote

I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.

Gustav Mahler

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Gustav Mahler
Age: 50 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 18
Classical Composer
Composer
Conductor
Musician
Mahler
Compose
Chooses
Choose

More quotes by Gustav Mahler

Image
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
Image
The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.
Gustav Mahler
Image
To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.
Gustav Mahler
Image
The real art of conducting consists in transitions.
Gustav Mahler
Image
Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.
Gustav Mahler
Image
What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.
Gustav Mahler
Image
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
Gustav Mahler
Image
The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi.
Gustav Mahler
Image
God can only be comprehended as Love.
Gustav Mahler
Image
I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
Gustav Mahler
Image
I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.
Gustav Mahler
Image
I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.
Gustav Mahler
Image
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
Gustav Mahler
Image
Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
Gustav Mahler
Image
Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.
Gustav Mahler
Image
It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
Gustav Mahler
Image
When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.
Gustav Mahler
Image
I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
Gustav Mahler
Image
In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
Gustav Mahler
Image
Tradition is laziness.
Gustav Mahler