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> [I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/i-was-horrified-by-modern-12-tone-music-i-said-to-myself-maybe-i-can/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

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## More by Pierre Schaeffer

> [The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/the-only-hope-is-that-our-civilization-will-collapse-at-a-certain/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/first-it-doesn-t-surprise-me-that-traditional-music-has-experienced-a/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/sound-is-the-vocabulary-of-nature-noises-are-as-well-articulated-as/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/people-who-share-the-same-language-french-or-chinese-or-whatever-have/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/morally-the-world-is-both-better-and-worse-than-it-was-we-are-worse/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/has-it-struck-you-that-the-music-which-is-regarded-as-the-most/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/i-was-horrified-by-modern-12-tone-music-i-said-to-myself-maybe-i-can/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/barbarians-always-think-of-themselves-as-the-bringers-of-civilization/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/noises-have-generally-been-thought-of-as-indistinct-but-this-is-not/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [Sound is the vocabulary of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/sound-is-the-vocabulary-of-nature/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/the-world-has-just-got-more-dangerous-because-the-things-we-use-have/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/it-s-ridiculous-that-time-and-time-again-we-need-a-radioactive-cloud/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/i-m-very-aware-of-what-you-re-talking-about-as-i-was-involved-with/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/people-who-try-to-create-a-musical-revolution-do-not-have-a-chance/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

> [The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-schaeffer/the-moment-at-which-music-reveals-its-true-nature-is-contained-in-the/)

[Pierre Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-schaeffer/)

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