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When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows. ↗

— Robert Moog

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I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago. ↗

— Robert Moog

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Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level. ↗

— Robert Moog

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Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It's like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level. ↗

— Robert Moog

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My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians. ↗

— Robert Moog

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Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics. ↗

— Robert Moog

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The mini-Moog was conceived originally as a session musician's axe, something a guy could carry to the studio, do a gig and walk out. ↗

— Robert Moog

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What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done. ↗

— Robert Moog

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Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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