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“You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big. And you are free--you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary.”
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“The silence must be longer. This music is about the silence. The sounds are there to surround the silence.”
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“I had to get rid of everything unnecessary…in order to save myself.”
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“It is enough when a single note is beautifully played.”
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“That is my goal. Time and timelessness are connected.”
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“I could compare my music to white light which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.”
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“The sterile democracy between the notes has killed in us every lively feeling.”
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