Brian Eno Quotes

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

One of the core organizing principles of my life is that success comes through a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen.

It was all balance. But then, she already knew that from surfing.

I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard.

I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.

Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow.”

When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me.

I really have always thought of myself as somebody who lives in the middle of the wheel and is able to go to the extreme, to the outside of the wheel in any direction. The best case scenario for me is to be able to be centered and then go out.

Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen.

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

You can't control everything that comes to you.

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

A great life is to be able to ebb and flow.

Don't struggle to get what you want, but modify your wants.

I think that anything in life is about the middle ground.

I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.

I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.

I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.

When the universe throws something your way, or things happen, I'm one of those people that goes with it, and I don't fight it.

The same qualities that we all have that are good can lead us to bad things or lead us into a crisis if we don't try to balance them.