Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.
BRIAN ENOSaying that cultural objects have value is like saying that telephones have conversations.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
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When people censor themselves they’re just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.
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I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.
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Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don’t agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it – or chuck it away if they don’t want it.
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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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Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult
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I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence , heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.
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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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People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Law is always better than war.
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Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.
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It infuriates me that stuff from the Internet routinely doesn’t include all the credits. Because as soon as I listen to something, if I like it, I want to know, “Who’s the bass player?” “Who did that?” “Who’s the engineer on this?
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Every collaboration helps you grow.
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I occasionally meet people and they say, ‘Oh, I was born to Discreet Music’… They always have very weird eyes, those people.
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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.
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