The best Quotes by Gustav Mahler

The best Quotes by Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.
For myself I know that, as long as I can summarize my experience in words, I would certainly not make any music about it.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

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They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Vienna - which is kinda the same.
The world is full of magic. Small things become big. Winter turns to spring. One thing always changes into another.
Denahi in Brother Bear
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Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example, you're walking along minding your own business, you're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of the sudden, you run smack into a pretty face. You begin to get weak in the knees, your head's in a whirl! And then you feel light as feather, and before you know it you're walking on air! And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop! And you completely lose your head!
Friend Owl in Bambi
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Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.
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How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring.
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The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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Songs are as sad as the listener.
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One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
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Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.
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Music is reflection of self
Eminem - Sing For The Moment, Album: The Eminem Show
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"Ah, music"' he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"
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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
Tradition is the corpse of wisdom.
But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right.
Tradition is a crutch for the mindless.
Tradition is the illusion of permanance.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.

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