Based on the quote of Gustav Mahler, "All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish," we can assume that

A. he was indifferent to the quality of his work.

B. he was a perfectionist.

C. he thought that making something perfect was impossible.

Johannes Brahms destroyed or left many of his works unpublished because

A. he was a perfectionist and was never satisfied with them.

B. he didn't want to be successful.

C. he thought they were too good to publish.

Johannes Brahms destroyed or left

many of his works unpublished

because

A. he was a perfectionist and was never satisfied

with them.

B. he didn't want to be successful.

C. he thought they were too good to publish.