Top Erik Satie Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Erik Satie Biography

Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (French: [eʁik sati]; 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th-century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, Surrealism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.

Read about Erik Satie in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Erik Satie Quotes

We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.

Music, Possible, Sauerkraut, Should, Should Have

We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school. . . . We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.

Animal, Differs, Music, School, Works

Last year I gave several lectures on "Intelligence and Musicality among Animals". . . Today I am going to speak to you about "Intelligence and Musicality among Critics". . . The subject is much the same, with some modifications, of course.

Animal, Lectures, Subject, Today, Year, Years

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

Atmosphere, Character, Characters, Moving, Opera, Talk

When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.

Fifty, People, See, Wait, Waiting, Young

Before I compose a piece, I walk around it several times, accompanied by myself.

Music, Piece, Pieces, Several, Walk, Walks

I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.

Modesty, Notorious, Prevents, Superior, Superiors

I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.

Age, Old, World, Young

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.

Animal, Animals, Inspiring, Musician, Perhaps, Proudest

I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.

Broken, Heart, Tired

I have never written a note I didn't mean.

Mean, Note, Notes, Written

I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless).

Animal, Animals, Chicken, Eggs, Rice, White

Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux

Dans, Life, Suis, Temps, Tres, Venu

I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.

Evolve, Room, Rooms, Slowly, Small Things

Experience is a form of paralysis.

Experience, Form, Paralysis

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

Attack, God, May, Miserable

I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.

Bits, Eleven, Liked, Quarter, Quarters

My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.

Dream, Everywhere, Opera, Played