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Erik Satie
16 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 (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Rollo H. Myers (1968). Erik Satie, p.135. New York: Dover.
“Étude pour un buste de M. Erik SATIE peint par lui-même, avec une pensée: je suis venu au monde très jeune dans un temps très vieux.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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)”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mary McAuliffe: Twilight of the Belle Epoque (2014), p. 111.
“nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The man in a velvet suit Lucy Daniel Telegraph Review January 25 2014.
“People have always said to me: "You will see when you're fifty (years of age)". Well, I am fifty now, and I have seen nothing.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Postulez en vous-même.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Munissez-vous de clairvoyance.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seul, pendant un instant.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ouvrez la tête.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“D'une manière très particulière.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Léger comme un œuf.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Comme un rossignol qui aurait mal aux dents.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Embryon desséché d'Holoturie, 1913
“Citation de la célèbre mazurka de SCHUBERT”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The piece in question that Satie was parodying was actually Chopin's Funeral March. Schubert never wrote any mazurkas that would have been well-known to his contemporaries, whereas Chopin wrote many of these pieces, tha…
“Modéré, je vous prie.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Un peu chaud.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source