There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things that donโt have to mean anything, one is music and the other is laughter. Donโt have to mean anything that is, in order to give us deep pleasure.
John CageDiscord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better. I am convinced...that provided the ear be at length made amends, there are few dissonances too strong for it. Disharmony, to paraphrase Bergson's statement about disorder, is simply a harmony to which many are unaccustomed.
John Cage