44 Quotes by Karlheinz Stockhausen

The more people use modern means of communication, all kinds, they call this the media, the more they are interested in the possibilities.

I knew that the synthesis of sound and space music would be the most important aspect of the music of our time and of the future, since '53.

And now even composers are proud of asking people to experience silent moments up to two or three minutes in a given piece of music.

I no longer limit myself.

I was horrible at everything I ever tried to do and people respect me. The American Dream has come true!!

When a certain piece of music penetrates a person, a resonance is set in motion and an inner voice says: "I like this resonance. It elevates me. It develops hitherto unknown possibilities in me. I don't recognize myself. This is very interesting.

Music is mathematics, the mathematics of listening, mathematics for the ears.

The September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing

We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by another human being: music.