If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

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"With the coming of spring, I am calm again."

- Gustav Mahler

Inner Peace

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

- Gustav Mahler

Persistence

"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way."

- Gustav Mahler

Determination

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire"

- Gustav Mahler

Wisdom

"Farewell, my friends! I go to glory."

- Gustav Mahler

Service

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

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"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

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"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

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