Saariaho Kaija Quotes & Sayings

Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line. — Rollo May

When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France. — Kaija Saariaho

I stood a little self-consciously. I was of an age when I was still unsure of myself in such formal matters as greetings and partings. — Chris Priestley

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships. — Tommy Rettig

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself! — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Everything is permissible as long as it's done in good taste. — Kaija Saariaho

His eyes glittered, like a starving man looking at a Big Mac. — Rick Riordan

I have scars. No one alive today doesn't. But Alex's scars have to be much deeper than mine. — Susan Beth Pfeffer

Well, I'm not involved in polemics. I never wanted to have any position of power, and I don't have it. — Kaija Saariaho

I could not recall the last time I had been so flagrantly insulted.

Don't make enemies, I told myself.
Swallow your pride.
Hold your tongue.

But the fact was, I had real difficulty with those particular virtues. — Jen Crane

I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it was an art form of the past, with expensive singers exposing their high notes, and bad theater, and ridiculous stories which don't concern us. But then little by little I realized that it can be defined very differently, that on the contrary opera can be something profound and not superficial - a wonderful meeting point for all the other arts. — Kaija Saariaho

I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me. — Banksy