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Complexity and intelligence grow from simplicity, not from greater complexity.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.
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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.
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You feel as if you're not living a full life. Which, of course, is why - it's my theory about why so many people who are heavily into computers are also into extreme sports and S&M. It's because their bodies are crying out for some kind of action.
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Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
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Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.
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Attention is what creates value. Artworks are made as well by how people interact with them - and therefore by what quality of interaction they can inspire.
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Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.
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I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.
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I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet.
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With all fashion, what we do is play at being somebody else. We play at inhabiting another kind of world.
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