Brian Eno Quotes
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I've always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I'll sort of listen to the "lie" and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true...what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.
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As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
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The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.
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I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
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Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.
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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins Like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day.
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I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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I'm always interested in something when it isn't familiar to me.
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I occasionally meet people and they say, 'Oh, I was born to Discreet Music'... They always have very weird eyes, those people.
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I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
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It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.