Brian Eno Quotes About Computers

Quotes about: Computers

• The computer brings out the worst in some people.

  Brian Eno

  People, Computer, Worst

  Interview with Joel Selvin, www.sfgate.com. June 2, 1996.

• I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

  Brian Eno

  Thinking, Way, Computer

• The great benefit of computer sequencers is that they remove the issue of skill, and replace it with the issue of judgement

  Brian Eno

  Skills, Issues, Judgement

• The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.

  Brian Eno

  Computer, Problem, Enough

  "Gossip is Philosophy". Interview with Kevin Kelly, www.wired.com. May 1, 1995.

• I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.

  Brian Eno

  Technology, Computer, Driven

  "The Revenge of the Intuitive". www.wired.com. January 01, 1999.

• The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

  Brian Eno

  Hands, Ideas, Decision

• You just make different music on a computer. And you can make wonderful music on a computer, but don't pretend that the machinery is transparent. It makes as much difference to what you're doing as it does if you play an acoustic guitar as opposed to a kettledrum. You're not going to make the same music.

  Brian Eno

  Differences, Guitar, Play

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. November 1, 2010.

• There is a sort of convergence starting to happen between the computer and musical instruments, but it's still quite a long way off.

  Brian Eno

  Long, Musical, Way

  Interview by Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. November 1, 2010.

• You feel as if you're not living a full life. Which, of course, is why - it's my theory about why so many people who are heavily into computers are also into extreme sports and S&M. It's because their bodies are crying out for some kind of action.

  Brian Eno

  Sports, People, Body

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. November 1, 2010.

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