Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

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• The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Little
  • Matters
  • Field

• I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Music
  • Like
  • Dance

• When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Right
  • Him
  • Bully

• I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Character
  • Really
  • Longer

• I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Think
  • Father
  • Catholic

• I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Growing
  • Kind
  • Fruit

• Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • World
  • Think
  • Humor

• The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Life
  • Art
  • Kitchen

• I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Me
  • Bought
  • Bankrupted

• When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Growing Up

• I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.

  

  Flo Rida
  • Time
  • Ideas
  • Inspired

• I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw during the Spoleto Festival.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Kids
  • Inspired
  • Movies

• People don't want to embrace culture shifts because it's not going to happen in the next 20 minutes.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • People
  • Want
  • Culture

• I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
  • Children
  • Job
  • Book

• Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

  

  Vannevar Bush
  • Fear
  • Reason
  • Calm

• Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Time
  • Marriage

• Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Nice
  • Sports
  • Clothes

• If you're a comedian, you can change peoples lives for the better in much smaller increments - not their entire life, but for 15 minutes or a half hour.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Life
  • Change
  • Better

• The manner in which I learned to read and write, not only had great influence on my own mind, as I acquired it with the most perfect ease, so much so, that I have no recollection whatever of learning the alphabet

  

  Nat Turner
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Perfect

• But coercion never produces harmony.  How harmonious are people who are being forced to act against their will?  Most likely, those who are coerced will resent those who benefit from the coercion.  This sets group against group; it doesn't bring them together.

  

  Harry Browne
  • People
  • Together

• And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

  

  Venerable Bede
  • Words
  • Knowledge
  • Day

• I'm going for that Mark Wahlberg look. Strong and confident.

  

  Diego Klattenhoff
  • Strong

• I tuck caution into my pocket and hope I can reach for it if I need to.

  

  Tahereh Mafi
  • Hope
  • Needs
  • Pockets

• When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

  

  Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Today
  • Artist
  • Creating