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Brian Eno Quotes

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art Picture Quote #1

All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes Picture Quote #1

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems Picture Quote #1

Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future Picture Quote #1

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective Picture Quote #1

Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult Picture Quote #1

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Repetition doesn’t really exist Picture Quote #1

Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality Picture Quote #1

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being Picture Quote #1

Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting Picture Quote #1

The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness Picture Quote #1

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When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That’s one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue Picture Quote #1

Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying Picture Quote #1

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‘intelligence’ and selected ‘leaks.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn’t actually free at all. It’s just constrained by what your muscles can do Picture Quote #1

I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It’s by the sea, there’s a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there Picture Quote #1

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band Picture Quote #1

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So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems to be about the most important thing a school could do for you Picture Quote #1

Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I’ve seen him a few times since then and I still can’t decide. Whatever, he ain’t like nobody else Picture Quote #1

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we’ll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people Picture Quote #1

Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can’t ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one’s mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment Picture Quote #1

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually Picture Quote #1

The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn’t refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else Picture Quote #1

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People do dismiss ambient music, don’t they? They call it ‘easy listening,’ as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to Picture Quote #1

When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting Picture Quote #1

In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that Picture Quote #1

Our experience of any painting is always the latest line in a long conversation we’ve been having with painting. There’s no way of looking at art as though you hadn’t seen art before Picture Quote #1

Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability and failure of that process Picture Quote #1

In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who knew how to use it, not the kids from music school. Music students were all stuck in the notion of music as performance, ephemeral. Whereas for art students, music as painting? They knew how to do that Picture Quote #1

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Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art (Brian Eno Quotes) All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes (Brian Eno Quotes) Possessions are a way of turning money into problems (Brian Eno Quotes) Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future (Brian Eno Quotes) Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective (Brian Eno Quotes) Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult (Brian Eno Quotes) Repetition doesn’t really exist (Brian Eno Quotes) Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism (Brian Eno Quotes) It’s amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality (Brian Eno Quotes) All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being (Brian Eno Quotes) Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting (Brian Eno Quotes) The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness (Brian Eno Quotes) When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That’s one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue (Brian Eno Quotes) Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying (Brian Eno Quotes) When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‘intelligence’ and selected ‘leaks.’ (Brian Eno Quotes) I don’t want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn’t actually free at all. It’s just constrained by what your muscles can do (Brian Eno Quotes) I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It’s by the sea, there’s a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there (Brian Eno Quotes) The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band (Brian Eno Quotes) So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems to be about the most important thing a school could do for you (Brian Eno Quotes) Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I’ve seen him a few times since then and I still can’t decide. Whatever, he ain’t like nobody else (Brian Eno Quotes) Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we’ll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people (Brian Eno Quotes) Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can’t ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one’s mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment (Brian Eno Quotes) People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually (Brian Eno Quotes) The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn’t refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else. (Brian Eno Quotes) People do dismiss ambient music, don’t they? They call it ‘easy listening,’ as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to. (Brian Eno Quotes) When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting (Brian Eno Quotes) In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that. (Brian Eno Quotes) Our experience of any painting is always the latest line in a long conversation we’ve been having with painting. There’s no way of looking at art as though you hadn’t seen art before. (Brian Eno Quotes) Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability and failure of that process. (Brian Eno Quotes) In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who knew how to use it, not the kids from music school. Music students were all stuck in the notion of music as performance, ephemeral. Whereas for art students, music as painting? They knew how to do that. (Brian Eno Quotes)

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