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I’m very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

Brian Eno

The seven white notes on the piano – each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven white notes.
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Piano Simple White
I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it.
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Creating Ideas Thinking
Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.
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Admirer Conservatism Force
Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
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Certain Messages Rich
The thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste – the waste of human intelligence and creativity.
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Creativity Humans Waste
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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Art Philosophical Photography
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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Clear Floating Ideas
Of course with everybody else aiming there as well that makes it very hard and expensive to hit. I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.
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Everybody Expensive Plant Riches
A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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Become Control Immortal Part
People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Criticism Hurt People
I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.
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Computer Thinking Way
Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm Everything Good
What I would really like to do, if I could have a sort of kingship for a short time and organize the group of my dreams.
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Dream Feelings Together
Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list.
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Last might Statistics
One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn’t if you knew better.
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Interesting Moving Musical
Culture is everything you don’t have to do.
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Culture Everything Happen
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.
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People Song Track
I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.
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Bloddy Caring Hate
The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
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Artist Impressed Past
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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Fine Thinking Titles
The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.
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Biology Noses Purpose
The great benefit of computer sequencers is that they remove the issue of skill, and replace it with the issue of judgement
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Issues Judgement Skills
Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.
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Courses Knows Repeats
The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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Computer Enough Problem
I think that there’s something that I still like about the fact of a package, like the latest report from somebody. “Okay, this is what they’re up to now; this is what they’re doing; who’s working with them?
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Facts Okay Thinking
You don’t have to act as if you know what you’re doing
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Act Doing Knows
Law is always better than war.
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Always Better Law War

I’m very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

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