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I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality that music normally has. I called this 'ambient music.' But at the same time I was trying to make visual art become more like music, in that it changed the way that music changes.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Art Become Been Changed Changes Environmental Episodic Intended Like Make Making More Music Narrative Normally Painting Quality Same Same Time Sense Time Trying Visual Way Without

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I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Always Constantly Forget Get In The Past Live Make Mind New Out Past Point Something Something New Things Trying Wanting

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Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Act Actions Arrive Best Concept Conversation Daring Democracy Electorate Governed Government Hope Intelligence Knowledge Largest Local Meant Meant To Be Number Participate Participation People Place Possible Reflect Sums Together Us Where

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I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Headphones Like Listen Much Music Rarely Very

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Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we've become incredibly adept technically. We've treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Adept Balance Become Carried Control Controlling Few Incredibly Kept Last Neglected Ourselves Part Situation Surrender Take Technically Then Thousand Thousand Years Treasured Years

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Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Action Creates Demands Emotion Reality

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When governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the accompanying deceits. Advertising isn't about truth or fairness or rationality, but about mobilising deeper and more primitive layers of the human mind.

~Brian Eno

Topics: About Advertising Agencies Campaigns Competing Debate Deeper Disappears Fairness Governments Human Human Mind Increasingly Layers Mind More Primitive Propaganda Public Public Relations Rationality Relations Rely Replaced Sophisticated Truth

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Painting, I think it's like jazz.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Jazz Like Painting Think I Think

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It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Change Destination Matters Scene

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Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Adjective Anything Good Popular Populist Rarely

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: May 15th, 1948

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