An artist's initial broad stroke is always most impactful, and obsessively adding layer upon layer of paint to fill in details often diminishes the painting's aura. When an aura is lost, it is impossible to get back.
Ryuichi SakamotoRead
Conceptually, I am open to mistakes - errors, actually. I do play lots of wrong notes while I am making some music, and a mistake or a wrong note is like a gift for me: 'Oh, wow, an unknown sound or an unknown harmony. I didn't know about this.'
Interpretation
What this quote means
Mistakes can lead to unexpected creativity and discovery.
Ryuichi Sakamoto emphasizes that errors, particularly in music creation, can be seen positively as opportunities for exploration and innovation. He suggests that every wrong note can introduce new sounds and harmonies that one might not have considered, encouraging a mindset that values the process of creation over perfection.
Themes
MistakesCreativityMusicInnovationExploration
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared during a creative workshop to inspire participants to embrace their errors.
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All quotes →In the old days, people shared music; they didn't care who made it. A song would be owned by a village, and anyone could sing it, change the words, whatever. That is how humans treated music until the late 19th century. Now, with the Internet, we are going back to having tribal attitudes towards music.
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The majority of the people think that noise is not music. I want to accept noise and even errors and glitches. I enjoy them.
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I'm just delighted to be living, to be able to have a simple conversation, to feel a ray of sunlight on my skin and listen to the breeze move through the leaves of a tree.
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