486 Quotes by Brian Eno

What I believe is that people have many modes in which they can be. When we live in cities, the one we are in most of the time is the alert mode. The 'take control of things' mode, the 'be careful, watch out' mode, the 'speed' mode - the 'Red Bull' mode, actually. There's nothing wrong with it. It's all part of what we are.

The difficulty of always feeling that you ought to be doing something is that you tend to undervalue the times when you’re apparently doing nothing, and those are very important times.

Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness.

In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.

I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me.

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.

When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.

In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.

Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, "Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good." Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.