“I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.” — Gustav Mahler Quote

“I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.”

“If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.”

“I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.”

“Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.”

“I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.”

“Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that's left is The Extraordinary.”