black
grey
blue
red
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white

So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people “Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work.” And of course I’m very pleased if people like all of them, but I don’t want them to feel deceived at any point.

Brian Eno

I wanted to use the studio like a microscope for sound, which is what good engineers do.
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Microscopes Sound Use
Quite often, and in fact more often, I would say, I’m struggling all the way through to think, “What is it I like about this? What is the personality of this thing I’m hearing that I like so much?”
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Dark Personality Struggle Sweet
The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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Computer Enough Problem
I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
BRIAN ENO

Mediums Narrative Television
So, that means you can only play either very high or very low or both. And we’re going to stay there until I take my finger down.
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Down Finger High Low Play
I believe in singing.
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Believe Happen Life Magic Singing
Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them.
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Amplify Details Looks
I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.
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Atheist Choir Knows
Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.
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Development Feelings Human
The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.
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Biology Noses Purpose
Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.
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Admirer Conservatism Force
If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn’t bother to find new ones.
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Fabulous Sound Use
For instance, I’m always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.
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Combination Form Kind Magic
Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list.
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Last might Statistics
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of ‘star’ and I didn’t particularly want to be portrayed as one.
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Stars Want
I love the sort of ambivalence of this, the ambiguity of something – being, for instance, in a quite busy Mexican restaurant with one of these very gentle tracks playing I remember as being particularly nice.
BRIAN ENO

Mexican Nice Track

So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people “Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work.” And of course I’m very pleased if people like all of them, but I don’t want them to feel deceived at any point.

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So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people “Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work.” And of course I’m very pleased if people like all of them, but I don’t want them to feel deceived at any point.

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