No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular.
Karlheinz StockhausenThe September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing
Karlheinz StockhausenAnd I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.
Karlheinz Stockhausen