We must break out of this limited circle of sounds and conquer the infinite variety of noise-sounds.

In antiquity there was only silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born. Today, Noise triumphs and reigns supreme over the sensibility of men.

Everyone will recognize that each sound carries with it a tangle of sensations, already well-known and exhausted, which predispose the listener to boredom, in spite of the efforts of all musical innovators.

Noise tri­umphs and reigns supreme over the sen­si­bil­ity of men.

As it grows ever more complicated today, musical art seeks out combinations more dissonant, stranger, and harsher for the ear. Thus, it comes ever closer to the noise-sound.

We must break out of this limited circle of sounds and conquer the infinite variety of noise-sounds.