Pierre Schaeffer

People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same, as they come from the same throats and lungs.

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.

Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces.

Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.

It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television.