Erik Satie

Erik Satie was born in 1866. Jean Cocteau wrote: "The smallest work by Satie is small the way a keyhole is small. Everything changes when you put your eye to it--or your ear."

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One day I had a saucepan full of water on the stove. Just as it was about to boil, I was suddenly called away. When I came back, twenty minutes later, the saucepan was quite empty. Now, I had locked the door, the window was closed, and the room was empty except for the cat. So obviously it was the cat who drank the water.

a working by Mike Topp