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• The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.
• 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…
• The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete…
• I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as…
• Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.
• People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically…
• The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity,…
• Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.
• Sound is the vocabulary of nature.
• Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of…
• In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as…
• Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the…

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