Quotes by Estonian authors

"I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that"

"The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all"

"I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener"

"Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning"

"Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God"

"Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect"

"I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow"

"That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world"

"Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another"

"Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me"

"In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary"

"History is more interesting than politics"

"Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature"

"Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave"

"If geography is prose, maps are iconography"

"With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded"

"Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't"

"I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received"

"I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table"