Pierre Schaeffer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed.”

“Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and 18th centuries, in that we have the atomic menace.”

“The impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward.”

“Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.”

“The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic.”

“The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.”

“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.”