#he

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate. ↗

— Sallust

#every #feelings #generally #most #moved

In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#art #been #established #europe #everyone

Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #composes #conducts #faking #immediately

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#becoming #edits #films #foreign #idea

I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#been #course #done #first #good

I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#different worlds #discovered #i #make #north

I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#chord #disturbed #get #i #older

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#learned #like #lot #masters #orchestration

Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#forum #functions #give #just #los

Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#course #first #get #higher #hill