12 Quotes by Pauline Oliveros

Sounds beyond the limits of the ear may be gathered by other sensory systems of the body.

Listening is not the same as hearing and hearing is not the same as listening.

Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening.

Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.

My writing has always been a rather non-linear process. I’ve found if I get something down, I can listen to it and other things start to come.

Listening is selecting and interpreting and acting and making decisions.

I am also interested in music expanding consciousness. By expanding consciousness, I mean that old patterns can be replaced with new ones.

I feel that students always learn more from each other than they do from their professor. They learn by doing and not by trying to soak up information from one person.

When I am composing, the sounds are leading me to the way I want them to organize.