I have the ’77 Million Paintings’ running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I’ll look up from what I’m doing and I think, ‘God, I’ve never seen anything like that before!’ And that’s a real thrill. Brian Eno Read Quote
I think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to be capable of doing things that aren’t historical that nobody had ever thought of doing before. Brian Eno Read Quote
The English don’t like concepts, really, not from a pop star. It’s alright if they come from an ‘intellectual,’, but from a pop star you’re getting ahead of yourself. Part of the class game is that you shouldn’t rise above your station, and to start talking about concepts if you’re in the pop world is getting a bit uppity, isn’t it? Brian Eno Read Quote
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of ‘star’ and I didn’t particularly want to be portrayed as one. Brian Eno Read Quote
Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying. Brian Eno Read Quote
In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America. Brian Eno Read Quote
The way ‘Lux’ was made is that there are 12 sections in here, though two of them are joined together. So there are really 11 sections, in a sense, and each one uses five notes out of a palette of seven notes, and my palette is all the white notes on the piano. That was the original palette. Brian Eno Read Quote
