It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
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Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.Gustav Mahler
Born at Kaliste in Bohemia, the son of a Jewish peddler, Gustav Mahler described himself as ... three times homeless, a Bohemian in Austria, an Austrian among Germans and a Jew throughout the world, everywhere an intruder, never welcomed.
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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
Gustav Mahler
A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.
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I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
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Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.
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