"The world changes materially. Science makes advances in……" — Pierre Schaeffer
"The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change."
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Pierre Schaeffer
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18 Quotes by Pierre Schaeffer
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It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us…
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The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations.…
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I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same…
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Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.
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People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which…
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The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out…
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Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.
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Sound is the vocabulary of nature.
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Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the…
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In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete…
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Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages,…
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Take a sound from whatever source, a note on a violin, a scream, a moan, a creaking door, and there…
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More Advances Quotes
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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and…
— Annie Besant
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Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in…
— Christopher Bond
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse…
— Julie Burchill
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The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift…
— Noam Chomsky
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Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.
— Deepak Chopra
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Hail to the chief in triumph advances.
— Walter Scott
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I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind…
— Wernher von Braun
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
— Carl Sagan
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country…
— Sun Tzu
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As God's child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord's time is as important as the Lord's will. Do…
— Watchman Nee
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