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> [Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/repetition-is-based-on-body-rhythms-so-we-identify-with-the-heartbeat/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

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## More by Karlheinz Stockhausen

> [Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/or-in-other-works-i-have-also-projected-the-sound-in-a-cube-of/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/or-the-other-process-that-is-important-is-that-i-compress-longer/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/we-are-no-longer-the-same-after-hearing-certain-sounds-and-this-is/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/but-since-the-middle-of-the-century-in-particular-the-music-has/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/i-m-an-adventurer-i-like-invention-i-like-discovery/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [“Karlheinz Stockhausen to journalist: "I heard the piece Aphex Twin of Richard James carefully: I think it would be very helpful if he listens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/karlheinz-stockhausen-to-journalist-i-heard-the-piece-aphex-twin-of/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/whenever-i-felt-happy-about-having-discovered-something-the-first/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/in-particular-what-is-most-important-to-me-is-the-transformation-of-a/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of singers, instrumentalists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/since-i-started-composing-i-have-always-worked-with-series-of-tempos/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [Music is mathematics, the mathematics of listening, mathematics for the ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/music-is-mathematics-the-mathematics-of-listening-mathematics-for-the/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/schaeffer-gave-me-permission-to-work-in-the-studio-with-a-technician/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/repetition-is-based-on-body-rhythms-so-we-identify-with-the-heartbeat/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/i-became-aware-that-all-sounds-can-make-meaningful-language/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [I spent most of the year in the studio for electronic music at a radio station in Cologne or in other studios where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/i-spent-most-of-the-year-in-the-studio-for-electronic-music-at-a/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

> [When a certain piece of music penetrates a person, a resonance is set in motion and an inner voice says: "I like this resonance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karlheinz-stockhausen/when-a-certain-piece-of-music-penetrates-a-person-a-resonance-is-set/)

[Karlheinz Stockhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karlheinz-stockhausen/)

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