#her

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. ↗

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

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

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 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

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

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#idea #more #new #new things #northern

The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#continuous #faster #happening #music #northern

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood. ↗

— Leverett Saltonstall

#childhood #church #father #i #mother