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Quote by Gustav Mahler
A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unco

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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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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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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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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After puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious. . . . Now it so happens that parents feel the responsibility towards their children precisely during this second period, when it is too late. – Antonio Gramsci

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