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

- Erik Satie

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

- Erik Satie

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

- Erik Satie

I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.

- Erik Satie

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, tur…

- Erik Satie

Experience is a form of paralysis.

- Erik Satie

Last year I gave several lectures on "Intelligence and Musicality among Animals" ... Today I am going to speak to you about "Intelligence and Musical…

- Erik Satie

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…

- Erik Satie

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

- Erik Satie