The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
BRIAN ENOEverybody is entertained to death.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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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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With all fashion, what we do is play at being somebody else. We play at inhabiting another kind of world.
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Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that we have with them.
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I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.
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Every collaboration helps you grow.
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Let’s do something else.”And you always think “Oh my God I’ve never done anything at all like that before.” But, of course, in retrospect, and to an outsider, they’ll say, “Oh, yeah that’s typical Eno.
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As struggles go, being an artist isn’t that much of one.
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I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but I reject the idea that you can’t be a deep human being without it or any of them.
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I’ve got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.
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I hate the thought that someone had picked up one of my song records and was really excited about it, and walks [out of] a record shop with On Land and is disappointed because it isn’t what they wanted.
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What happens with notation is that it reduces things to a language which isn’t necessarily appropriate to them. In the same way that words do, you get a much cruder version of what was actually intended.
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For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.
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So, that means you can only play either very high or very low or both. And we’re going to stay there until I take my finger down.
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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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Put out as much as you can. It doesn’t do anything sitting on a shelf.
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