Roman Polanski Quotes

Over all the mountain tops is peace.

In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you.

I laugh with the sun, and mist that tries so hard to seduce the mountains.

To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise.

I enjoy an easy jog. In the mountains, or the forest with my own thoughts, I can escape from the world for a bit.

At Last It's a perfect winter day. No wind. No Arctic freeze. Cloudless azure sky. A day to fly. Snow drapes the mountain like ermine, fabulous feather- light powder coaxing me to flee the confines of my room, brave the mostly plowed road up to the closest ski resort. To run from the cloying silence connected Mom and Dad, into encompassing stillness far away from city dirt and noise Far above suburban gridlock. Far beyond the grasp of home.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence - free of the networks of dead speech.

In the mountains, there you feel free.

So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.

Traveler is my only companion; I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

I came to love silence, because it's so rare, and it's now my favorite aural condition.

I've been able to carve out spaces for myself. At Sundance, I'm in the mountains - my property is private. I get on a horse and ride for three, four hours. Sometimes five. I get lost. But when I'm in, I'm in.

I used to ski across the vast white expanses of a quiet and lonely mountaintop. In the stillness and solitude... I pondered the mysteries of the universe, the planet, nature and of man. I'm still pondering.

I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside.

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

On all the peaks lies peace.

I find music distracting - it takes me out of my head. What I love so much about skiing is the peacefulness.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.

I like silence.

I crave a cone of silence every once in while.

At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.