Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult
BRIAN ENOIt’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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You know that in order to copyright material somebody has to write it down for you. Any piece of recorded material has to be scored in order for it to be copyrighted.
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I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of ‘star’ and I didn’t particularly want to be portrayed as one.
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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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Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.
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Culture is everything you don’t have to do.
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I often work by avoidance.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours.
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The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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I believe in singing.
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Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
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Saying that cultural objects have value is like saying that telephones have conversations.
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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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Think inside the work – outside the work
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The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.
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