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"Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true."
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"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?"

"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

"To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived."

"If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity."

"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."
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"The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance."

"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."

"Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?"

"First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality."

"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 doing Concrete - I was doing both at the same time."

"The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change."
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