Author Profile
Ludovico Einaudi
1955 • Italian • Composer
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesYou can create something strong in art with a few notes. It is like how Aboriginal drawings have a simplicity that is incredibly rich.— Ludovico Einaudi
The great art of the past became great because it started to go out of the perimeters that defined art and defined new territories.— Ludovico Einaudi
It is important that we understand the importance of the Arctic, stop the process of destruction, and protect it.— Ludovico Einaudi
I'm a living composer, so I think I just write and compose the music of my time. I'm not saying that I am better than anyone in the past, but I am saying that I may have evolved some emotions that have connected with the people that are living on the planet today with me.— Ludovico Einaudi
I am compared to other classical musicians, but most of them perform songs from other people, and most of those composers belong to another era.— Ludovico Einaudi
I think it's normal that for a part of your life you have a lot of questions, and you're interested in all possible theories.— Ludovico Einaudi
It's very interesting to see how the music is used, as sometimes you have composed something with a very different intention, and then suddenly you see it connected to something different. For example, it was incredibly strong and beautiful the first time I saw 'This Is England' by Shane Meadows.— Ludovico Einaudi
After years of doing composition, the risk is always that you might start to repeat and be cliche. Every time, I try find a way to be reborn again as an artist. Its not easy to reinvent yourself every time, as it takes a lot of creative energy, but I am happy to do it.— Ludovico Einaudi
Every time I start a new work, I try to be different and to start with a new perspective, so I search for a new idea, something which gives me a new way to access my creativity.— Ludovico Einaudi
Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic elements.— Ludovico Einaudi
I love to go to the bar close by for a good espresso and have a chat with the bartender.— Ludovico Einaudi
Doing the Five Tibetan Rites exercises every day - it makes me feel at home wherever I am.— Ludovico Einaudi
The Beatles, 'Revolver.' It's pop. It's classic. It's experimental. It's revolutionary.— Ludovico Einaudi
My mother played piano at home; she came from a musical family. Her father, who I never met, was a conductor and composer.— Ludovico Einaudi