I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being. Brian Eno More Quotes by Brian Eno More Quotes From Brian Eno I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!' Brian Eno crazywritingsong I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium. Brian Eno mediumsnarrativetvs I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one. Brian Eno reluctantstarswant I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked. Brian Eno stupidneedsthinking I want to rethink surrender as an active verb. Brian Eno surrenderverbswant I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. Brian Eno atheistgivingpeople I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking. Brian Eno multi-taskingbloodyawful I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper. Brian Eno structurepapersong I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there. Brian Eno speechtechniquestuff I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future. Brian Eno agreeterribleenough 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 paintingambitionart Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very quick. Brian Eno collaborationdifferentinspire For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before. Brian Eno magicformkind I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch. Brian Eno watchesinterestingthinking The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness. Brian Eno uncoolconsciousnessideas One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right. Brian Eno feel-goodpeopleart Possessions are a way of turning money into problems. Brian Eno possessionproblemway Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun. Brian Eno meritjust-beingfun As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one. Brian Eno being-an-artistartiststruggle If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture. Brian Eno over-youintellectualbelieve
