Danh ngôn của Gustav Mahler (Sứ mệnh: 3)

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.
The real art of conducting consists in transitions.
With the coming of spring, I am calm again.
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.