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> [If there's loads of material going by you don't notice the individual things quite so much. Also it really foregrounds the sonic dimensions like electronic ambient music, it's pushes all of that colour to the foreground so you hear little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/if-there-s-loads-of-material-going-by-you-don-t-notice-the-individual/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

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## Other authors on Ambient

## More by Max Richter

> [People have written about 'Sleep' as if it were some kind of record attempt, but I could just put repeat marks at the end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/people-have-written-about-sleep-as-if-it-were-some-kind-of-record/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When you're working in cinema, you often have a very, very compressed schedule - very few weeks to just kind of go through that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-you-re-working-in-cinema-you-often-have-a-very-very-compressed/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [In terms of how the music developed, it was my normal process, which I would say is really a hybrid process of sketching on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/in-terms-of-how-the-music-developed-it-was-my-normal-process-which-i/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [I lived in Scotland a long time, and I became aware of Mogwai really from the beginning. They seemed to be fusing hard music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-lived-in-scotland-a-long-time-and-i-became-aware-of-mogwai-really/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When you make a piece, one of the interesting things is hearing what other people think about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-you-make-a-piece-one-of-the-interesting-things-is-hearing-what/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [It feels like when novelists say they find their characters are doing things they never thought they'd do, the material comes alive, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/it-feels-like-when-novelists-say-they-find-their-characters-are-doing/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> ['Sleep' is a project I've been thinking about for many years. It just seems like society has been moving more and more in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/sleep-is-a-project-i-ve-been-thinking-about-for-many-years-it-just/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When I was a kid, there were really only two possible futures in the foreground, which were Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-i-was-a-kid-there-were-really-only-two-possible-futures-in-the/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [I was living in a suburban town north of London, dutifully practicing my Mozart sonatas. And the milkman who delivered the milk in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-was-living-in-a-suburban-town-north-of-london-dutifully-practicing/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [We're chronically sleep-deprived as a culture. We're constantly on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/we-re-chronically-sleep-deprived-as-a-culture-we-re-constantly-on/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [There is also a particular area of sleep called slow-wave sleep. I immediately liked this idea. It turns out this part of sleep is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/there-is-also-a-particular-area-of-sleep-called-slow-wave-sleep-i/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> ['Black Mirror' obviously has its own universe, with a very strong fingerprint and strong themes, and I was intrigued on reading. It's such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/black-mirror-obviously-has-its-own-universe-with-a-very-strong/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When we go to sleep ordinarily, we're doing something really private. It's kind of an intimate, private connection with our sort of physical humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-we-go-to-sleep-ordinarily-we-re-doing-something-really-private/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [Sleeping and being asleep is one of my favorite activities. Really, what I wanted to do is provide a landscape or a musical place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/sleeping-and-being-asleep-is-one-of-my-favorite-activities-really/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-think-as-human-beings-we-all-have-a-fundamental-mode-a-basic-way-of/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

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