All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.
BRIAN ENOA responsible designer might try to overcome this limitation – probably the engineers at Marshall tried, too. But that sound became the sound of, among others, Jimi Hendrix. That sound is called electric guitar.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.
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I wanted to use the studio like a microscope for sound, which is what good engineers do.
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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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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.
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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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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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Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them.
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Every increase in your knowledge is a simultaneous decrease. You learn and you unlearn at the same time. A new certainty is a new doubt as well.
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I do sometimes look back at things I’ve written in the past, and think, ‘I just don’t remember being the person who wrote that.’
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Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.
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In my normal life I’m a very unadventurous person.
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I don’t like celebrity programmes – but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.
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I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
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The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
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