Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie, who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, Surrealism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth17 May 1866
CountryFrance
fifty seen
When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty. I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing.
fifty seen
When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing.
moving character musical
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
rooms evolve small-things
I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.
form paralysis
Experience is a form of paralysis.
music school animal
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.
should-have sauerkraut should
We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.
dream opera
My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.
quarters eleven bits
I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.
age world young
I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.
inspiring animal musician
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.
tired heart broken
I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.
mean notes written
I have never written a note I didn't mean.
life
Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux