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I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.
Brian Eno
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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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I don't live in the past at all I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
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Except in a few cases like Music for Airports, which was a very clear case of noticing a niche [and] saying, Okay, there's this situation in which people always play music, and nobody has written music for that situation so I'm going to. So, that was a very clear example of spotting a niche and working for it. I have done that occasionally.
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When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.
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