Quotes by Karlheinz Stockhausen

So there is a personal sense of style for a given work – I don’t like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
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So there is a personal sense of style for a given work – I don’t like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
And I’ll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.
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And I’ll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.
No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn’t move to other events with different tempos in particular.
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No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn’t move to other events with different tempos in particular.
I’m an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
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I’m an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
Being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn’t reach their soul anymore.
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Being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn’t reach their soul anymore.
And I’m always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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And I’m always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
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I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
Being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.
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Being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.
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.
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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.
The September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing
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The September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing
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