I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
BRIAN ENOPainting, I think it’s like jazz.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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When I’ve finally got the title, I think, “Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.
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The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
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Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult
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One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
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Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
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I’m fascinated by musicians who don’t completely understand their territory; that’s when you do your best work.
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The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.
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As soon as you externalize an idea you see facets of it that weren’t clear when it was just floating around in your head.
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I hate the thought that someone had picked up one of my song records and was really excited about it, and walks [out of] a record shop with On Land and is disappointed because it isn’t what they wanted.
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In terms of what has been happening recently, there have been, I think, some really interesting new instruments that have come out that sort of show me the direction of the future. Korg has introduced the – they’ve had a whole series now of these things called Kaoss Pads.
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If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.
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People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that’s what the music is about.
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I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.
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