Erik Satie famous quotes

04-17-2025

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

#Music #Pieces #Walks
Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.
-- Erik Satie

#God #May #Miserable
Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux
-- Erik Satie

#Life
I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.
-- Erik Satie

#Age #World #Young
Experience is a form of paralysis.
-- Erik Satie

#Form #Paralysis
I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.
-- Erik Satie

#Quarters #Eleven
My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.
-- Erik Satie

#Dream #Opera
I have never written a note I didn't mean.
-- Erik Satie

#Mean #Notes
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
-- Erik Satie

#Moving #Character #Atmosphere
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).
-- Erik Satie

#Animal #Eggs #White
We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school....We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.
-- Erik Satie

#Music #School #Animal
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.
-- Erik Satie

#People #Waiting #Fifty
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.
-- Erik Satie

#Inspiring #Animal #Musician
I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.
-- Erik Satie

#Modesty #Notorious
I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.
-- Erik Satie

#Tired #Heart #Broken
I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.
-- Erik Satie

#Rooms #Evolve #Small Things

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