Brian Eno

Art is not an object, but a trigger for experience.

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.

Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.

So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems to be about the most important thing a school could do for you.

W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’ for you is not something that is already ‘inside’ it, but something that happens inside you.

Any constraint is part of the skeleton that you build the composition on - including your own incompetence.

John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.

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.

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

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

I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.