“The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn't refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else.”

English musician, record producer and artist

Brian Eno is an English musician, record producer and artist. He is known for his work in ambient, electronic, and generative music, as well as for producing, recording, and writing across rock and pop. He has described himself as a "non-musician" with little interest in virtuosity, and has argued for treating the studio as a tool for composition. His reputation rests on work that helped shape experimental approaches within popular music.