If A Composer Could Say What He

There Is A World Of Difference Between A Mahler Eighth Note And A Normal Eighth Note.

A Symphony Must Be Like The World. It Must Contain Everything.

I Hope You Will No Longer Accuse Me Of A Lack Of Delicacy. As I Now Count On Your Understanding.

The Real Art Of Conducting Consists In Transitions.

The Point Is Not To Take The World's Opinion As A Guiding Star But To Go One's Way In Life And Working Unerringly, Neither Depressed By Failure Nor Seduced By Applause.