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> [Offness yields a hypnotic effect. The brain can see simplistic patterns that lock and it's boring after a while. I don't cater to that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/offness-yields-a-hypnotic-effect-the-brain-can-see-simplistic/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

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## More by Tim Hecker

> [I work with digital audio, which is like sculpting, a form of chiseling down metal or wood. And I take audio and move it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-work-with-digital-audio-which-is-like-sculpting-a-form-of-chiseling/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I'm not a peak oil person. I'm not a biohazard apocalyptic kind of freak. I don't have a supply of weapons or gold bars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-m-not-a-peak-oil-person-i-m-not-a-biohazard-apocalyptic-kind-of/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [Sometimes it's a fraught, kind of laden world of performance that I think can be really dubious, but it's also super fun to almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/sometimes-it-s-a-fraught-kind-of-laden-world-of-performance-that-i/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [Because I refuse to perform my music in a traditional sense of instrumentation, I don't have an amazing live stage spectacle to provide, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/because-i-refuse-to-perform-my-music-in-a-traditional-sense-of/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I'm trying to find a way to make music work as a living. People used to make their living selling albums. Those days are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-m-trying-to-find-a-way-to-make-music-work-as-a-living-people-used/)

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> [We should do an Adorno reading on Skrillex and vodka sales in Vegas. It's definitely interesting. What's interesting in that music for me is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/we-should-do-an-adorno-reading-on-skrillex-and-vodka-sales-in-vegas/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [There's a limit of any form of representation; it's the same about writing about visual art. I still think it's useful for people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/there-s-a-limit-of-any-form-of-representation-it-s-the-same-about/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [People still talk about sampling as this new, progressive problem in music. There are technologies now where you can glean the polyphonic information out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/people-still-talk-about-sampling-as-this-new-progressive-problem-in/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I really support criticism as a craft and as a vocation. People who devote as much time to thinking about sound through writing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-really-support-criticism-as-a-craft-and-as-a-vocation-people-who/)

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> [I wouldn't say that I'm a consummate live artist. Album work is kind of just like quilt weaving or something. But live music is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-wouldn-t-say-that-i-m-a-consummate-live-artist-album-work-is-kind/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I've been playing music all my life. I wasn't really fostered in a musical family, it was something I did despite the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-ve-been-playing-music-all-my-life-i-wasn-t-really-fostered-in-a/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I definitely enjoy liturgical work and choral work from the 15th century and 16th century, but I play in churches with a bit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-definitely-enjoy-liturgical-work-and-choral-work-from-the-15th/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I love vinyl, but I'm not a 'vinyl person'. I still collect, but most of my stuff is digital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-love-vinyl-but-i-m-not-a-vinyl-person-i-still-collect-but-most-of/)

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> [My peer network is international. It's people all over the place who I know, and respect their work. It's not really delineated by traditional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/my-peer-network-is-international-it-s-people-all-over-the-place-who-i/)

[Tim Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hecker/)

> [I try to structure albums in a pattern, like in a way where there's a motif that runs throughout or some kind of conceit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hecker/i-try-to-structure-albums-in-a-pattern-like-in-a-way-where-there-s-a/)

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