Helmut Lachenmann famous quotes

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In an era of magic conveniently available at the touch of a button, new music should on principle represent something akin to 'danger'...
-- Helmut Lachenmann

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Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction - spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff. These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.
I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me, but for most of the cultures that have had a concept of magic, then the manipulation of language, and words, and thus of stories and fictions, has been very close to the center of it all.
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!
People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the button repeatedly as though it would help.
The whole world is covered in buttons, and not one of them is mine!
Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.
Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
When people attempt to rebel against the iron logic of Nature, they come into conflict with the very same principles to which they owe their existence as human beings. Their actions against Nature must lead to their own downfall.

Helmut Lachenmann famous quotes

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