Quotes by finnish authors

The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself. Esa-Pekka Salonen

You Yourself People Think Enough Project Scary Scary Thing Never Hall Hear Very Quietly Barely Play Seats Thing Players

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

You Change Together Older Disturbed Priorities Still Get Your Chord

After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. Esa-Pekka Salonen

Hear Beethoven Began After Working Differently

There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new. Esa-Pekka Salonen

Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect. Esa-Pekka Salonen

Music Soul Does Intellect Just Just As Much Movement Much Body

When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically. Esa-Pekka Salonen

Music People Spring Symphony Physically Rite Feel End Want

The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat. Esa-Pekka Salonen

Every Difficulties Relates Herself Way Musician Concern Greatest Sound Were Hear His Getting Them Next Certain Used Each Seat

If one is satisfied with things, one doesn't complain about the downsides that exist, either. Georg Henrik von Wright

Satisfied Complain About Exist Either Things

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision. Harri Holkeri

You Decision Aim Final Tool Must Goal Discussion Just

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on. Harri Holkeri

Big President Eye Security Must Security Council Kinds Something General General Assembly Council Like Issues His Questions Reform Assembly Keep

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker. Harri Holkeri

Myself Political Think Regard

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided. Harri Holkeri

History Problems Nation Every Society Too Divided Been European

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States. Harri Holkeri

War Time History You Every Every Time States Independent Civil Civil War Finland Had Almost Like Look Years Years Ago Ireland Than Just Nations The History Of Newly Less Even United United States Present