Erik Satie quotes

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)
I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly. View quote
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nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness. View quote
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Study for a bust of Mr Erik Satie painted by himself, with a thought: I came into the world very young in an age that was very old. View quote
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On the first movement of Claude Debussy's La Mer, From Dawn to Noon: " Ah, my dear friend, there's one particular moment between half past ten and a quarter to eleven that I found stunning!" (with slight variations in phrasing and translation) View quote
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The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry. View quote
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When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing. View quote
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Provide yourself with shrewdness. View quote
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Alone, for a moment. View quote
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Like a nightingale with a toothache. View quote
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A little bit warm. (Erik Satie)