The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance. — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same,… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible. — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization. — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true. — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous. — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
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… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
