“The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.” StuffProduceReady Author:Brian Eno
“Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun.” FunBe GoodMeritJust BeingGood Fun Author:Brian Eno
“Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.” WayArtPhilosophyCallingComposition Author:Brian Eno
“As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one.” ArtistStruggleBeing An Artist Author:Brian Eno
“When I was at art college, the teachers who helped me were not the ones I agreed with, or the ones who encouraged me, but the ones who took very strong positions. Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don't agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it - or chuck it away if they don't want it.” PeopleIfsWantDoeArtEnoughUseStrongTeacherPositionCollegeRelationAgreeStudiosVery StrongChuck Author:Brian Eno
“What people call unemotional just doesnt have a single overriding emotion to it. The things that I like best are the ones that ambiguous on the emotional level.” PeopleLevelsEmotionEmotionalAmbiguousUnemotional Author:Brian Eno
“Since I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music with little or no intervention on my part. That is to say, I tend towards the roles of planner and programmer, and then become an audience to the results” LittlesResultsSituationRolesAudiencePlansOperationsInterventionProgrammersPlannersExecuting Author:Brian Eno
“Instead of shooting arrows at someone elses target, which Ive never been very good at, I make my own target around wherever my arrow happens to have landed. You shoot your arrow and then you paint your bulls eye around it, and therefore you have hit the target dead centre.” HappensEyeMy OwnPaintVery GoodShootingTargetCentreArrowsBulls Author:Brian Eno
“The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.” PeopleImportantPiecesMusic IsImportant ThingsSeducing Author:Brian Eno
