I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean … - Brian Eno

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The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so inured to its presence that they could not conceive of society without it. Within the history of the United States the system of slavery immediately comes to mind.

Brian Eno

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it.

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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.

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When I was working with Talking Heads what would happen typically is that they would go out and start playing a track, and I would always run the tape. I always record everything, even a run through where you're trying to get in tune. That's a principle because sometimes when the situation isn't clear interesting things happen, and they are worth listening to again.

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The trouble with New Age music is that there's no evil in it.

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The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.

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I'd rather hold one note for an hour and modulate it so that it means something than play 3,000 notes in 15 seconds.

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