#very

The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along. ↗

— Walter Salles

#along #also #beginning #come #defining

There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present. ↗

— Walter Salles

#america #latin #latin america #leprosy #much

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. ↗

— Sallust

#also #beginning #blessings #decay #end

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

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

If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #completely #construction #everything #experience

The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#festival #hall #hang #i #i think

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#conducting #experience #happened #i #international

With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #getting #halls #hard #huge