28 Quotes by Erik Satie

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

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, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless).

Last year I gave several lectures on "Intelligence and Musicality among Animals" ... Today I am going to speak to you about "Intelligence and Musicality among Critics" ... The subject is much the same, with some modifications, of course.

Before I compose a piece, I walk around it several times, accompanied by myself.

Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux.

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 have never written a note I didn’t mean.

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

Ah, the cows...