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.
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I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.Gustav Mahler
In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
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If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.
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It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
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Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.
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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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