I would have to talk for a year to repeat a single on of my works with words.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

Digging through my roots to understand the way my branches grew.

True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.

The real 'have' and 'have nots' are between the people who were caught sinning verses the ones who got away with committing sin.

you know what her punishment is for tormenting you way back when?" he said.I looked at him.He said, "her punishment is being her,

Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love.

People around the world are confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds.

The reality is that my stepfather was like a father to me and watching him die from a sudden heart attack was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through.

I want my music to leave an indelible mark.

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

I had the insane misconception that I was ready to conquer the known universe with Tähtivaeltaja. No mercy!