It is the transcendent (or 'abstract' or 'self-contained') nature of music that the new so called concretism--Pop Art, … - Igor Stravinsky

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Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us.

Igor Stravinsky

It is the transcendent (or 'abstract' or 'self-contained') nature of music that the new so called concretism--Pop Art, eighteen-hour slices-of-reality films, musique concrete--opposes. But instead of bringing art and reality closer together, the new movement merely thins out the distinction.

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