Mahler (1974)

Ronald Pickup: Nick

Quotes 

• Nick : Good title, "What Nature Tells Me". It's unusual, even if it is a little ambitious.

  Young Mahler : Did you like it?

  Nick : Ah, you got a glimmering of the divine spark, I suppose. We all have somewhere deep down inside of us, glowing away in the dark. But we all need something - something special to ignite it - make it burst into flame. Now, is this something in you? Lack? Now what is it you lack? Year? They're nothing. Rossini was writing symphonies to seven. Technique? Nah! You can pick that up from a textbook as easy as ABC. No. No, no, no. A real feeling for nature, that's what you lack.

  [laughs] 

  Nick : What nature tells me!