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Quote by Gustav Mahler
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not b

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. – Gustav Mahler

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

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A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and vigorously rejects that which is unsuitable. – Gustav Mahler

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Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. – Gustav Mahler

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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. – Albert Einstein

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People listen to music the way they want to listen to music. – Tori Amos

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Good music is very close to primitive language. – Denis Diderot

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