Brian Eno, in A Year With Swollen Appendices, p. 178
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My friend Peter Schmidt used to talk about ‘not doing the things that nobody had ever thought of not doing’, which is an inverse process – where you leave out an assumption that everybody has always made and see what happens (e.g. music has to be made of intentionally produced sounds was the assumption that Cage left out).
— Brian Eno on Peter Schmidt (artist)
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Source: Wikiquote: "Peter Schmidt (artist)" (Quotes about Schmidt, Ten Freedoms (1977): You need not kill You need not steal You need not be unfaithful You need not lie You may honour your father and mother You need not desire other people's things You need not desire other people's bodies You need not make images You may rest sometimes You may love God.)
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About Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), commonly referred to simply as Eno, is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.
About Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), commonly referred to simply as Eno, is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.
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