96 Quotes by Gustav Mahler

Tradition is laziness.

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

My time will come, that is: after the finish of the recurring song cycles

Both my marriages were failures! Number one departed, and number two stayed

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.

Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.