28 Quotes by Erik Satie

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

Ah, the cows..

I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.

When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.

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

When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing.

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.

When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty. I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing.

I liked the bit about quarter to eleven. (on Debussy's "Dawn to Noon on the Sea")