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

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

如果一个作曲家能把他要说的话用语言表达出来，他就不会费心用音乐来表达了。

-- Gustav Mahler 古斯塔夫·马勒