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"From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this!"
"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."
"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."
"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"
"Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads."
"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"
"Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously."
Explore more quotes by Brian Eno
"When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me."
"If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving in many dimensions at once."
"Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way."
"I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school."
"I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything."
"I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there."
"For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards."
"The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation."
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