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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.

Brian Eno

Painting, I think it’s like jazz.
BRIAN ENO

Jazz Painting Thinking
When I work there are two distinct phases: the phase of pushing the work along, getting something to happen, where all the input comes from me, and phase two, where things start to combine in a way that wasn’t expected or predicted by what I supplied.
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Come Happen Identity Moving Something Term
Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don’t fit in a very interesting way.
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Hitting Interesting Melodious Trying
Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.
BRIAN ENO

Adjectives Populism Populist
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.
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Feelings Hands People
I hate the rock music tradition. I can’t bear it!
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Bears Hate Rocks
Everybody is entertained to death.
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Death Entertained Everybody
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.
BRIAN ENO

Believe Confidence Keys Self
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
One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.
BRIAN ENO

Evolution Simple Theory
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it’s done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.
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Decide Done Lying Teach Uncles
Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm Everything Good
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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Fun People Technology
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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Bored Retrospect Thinking
I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.
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Hate Talking
It’s easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.
BRIAN ENO

Attention Done Forget

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