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.
BRIAN ENOBecause if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don’t agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it – or chuck it away if they don’t want it.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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Law is always better than war.
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Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.
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When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.
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A big ego isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out.
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In my normal life I’m a very unadventurous person.
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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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Given the chance, i’ll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season’s over.
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I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
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I wanted quite the opposite of that. I wanted them to accent their styles, so that they pulled away.
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I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they’re inclined to encourage that.
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Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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When people censor themselves they’re just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.
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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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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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Everybody is entertained to death.
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