As struggles go, being an artist isn’t that much of one.
BRIAN ENOIt’s amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
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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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Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.
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I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it – like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music.
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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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Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.
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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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It’s easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.
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I want to rethink surrender as an active verb.
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There’s a kind of edge to what you’re doing, the kind of leading edge of what you’re doing. Inside that edge [are elements you] are familiar with, and are probably becoming slightly bored with, as well, over a period of time. “I’ve pulled that one out before. Oh, no, I can’t I’m just fed up with that.
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If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.
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Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.
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A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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