“I think that the best way to gain knowledge is through gaining experience and through connections”
Vangelis (1943) Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music
1979
Context: On theory: "I don’t know any theory. Knowing the theory does not mean anything. If we theoretically know what a human being is, but someone has never seen one, or if you have never had a relationship with a human being, you cannot know anything about human beings! I think that the best way to gain knowledge is through gaining experience and through connections... Look, if I approach an instrument theoretically, it will give me a theory, so therefore this will make cold music".