Abyss Quote by Iannis Xenakis
“The listener must be gripped and whether he likes it or not, drawn into the flight path of the sounds without special training being necessary. The sensual shock must be just as forceful as when one hears a clap of thunder or looks into a bottomless abyss”
![“Art, and, above all, music, has a fundamental function, which is to catalyze the sublimation that it can bring about through all means of expression. It must aim through fixations which are landmarks, to draw [one] towards a total exaltation in which the individual mingles, losing his…” quote by Iannis Xenakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9b/iannis-xenakis-48999_aim_art-and-above-all-music-has-a-fundamenta_922254.jpg)
