The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work. Brian Eno basisbraincomputer Change image and share on social
Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it. Brian Eno avantgardeglad Change image and share on social
With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture. It's an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music. Brian Eno changecomposerdetachable share on social
People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually. Brian Eno achievecomfortpeople Change image and share on social
Most game music is based on loops effectively. Brian Eno baseeffectivelygame Change image and share on social
One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in. Brian Eno artmakepiece Change image and share on social
I like the idea of a kind of eternal music, but I didn't want it to be eternally repetitive, either. I wanted it to be eternally changing. So I developed two ideas in that way. 'Discreet Music' was like that, and 'Music for Airports.' What you hear on the recordings is a little part of one of those processes working itself out. Brian Eno airportchangedevelop share on social
My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when - and he won't necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either. Brian Eno composegardenergrow share on social
I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.' Brian Eno backhavepast Change image and share on social
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art. Brian Eno 20thambitionart Change image and share on social