Mahler Quotes
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The difference between Beethoven and Mahler is the difference
betweenwatching a great manwalkdownthe street and watching
a great actor act the part of a great man walking down
the street.
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More Mahler Quotes
It is time to remind Sharon that the star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive Government. His actions are staining the star of David with blood. The Jewish people, whose gifts to civilised discourse include Einstein and Epstein, Mendelssohn and Mahler, Sergei Eisenstein and Billy Wilder, are now symbolised throughout the world by the blustering bully Ariel Sharon, a war criminal implicated in the murder of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila camps and now involved in killing Palestinians once again.
Gerald Kaufman— Kaufman (April 2002) Speech to the House of Commons as cited in: Stuart Littlewood (14 january 2009). "Could the Rising Anger of British MPs Shake America’s Complacency?". Middle East Online. Retrieved on 18 january 2009.
— This speech related to Israel's controversial military operation codenamed Defensive Wall
Richard Strauss on Schoenberg, written by Schoenberg himself: "Dear Sir, I regret that I am unable to accept your invitation to write something for Richard Strauss's fiftieth birthday. In a letter to Frau Mahler (in connection with Mahler Memorial Fund) Herr Strauss wrote about me as follows: "The only person who can help poor Schoenberg now is a psychiatrist ...". "I think he'd do better to shovel snow instead of scribbling on music-paper..."
arnold schoenberg— Schoenberg, letter to an unknown correspondent, Berlin, 22 April 1914.
