“Tones appear placed and directed predominantly in time from before to now to later.
Their juxtaposition in a musical composition is perceived
within a prescribed sequence only. Vertically, so to say,
1 tone, or several simultaneously,
sound for a varying but restricted length of time.
Horizontally, the tones follow each other,
perhaps not in a straight line, but of necessity in a prescribed order
and only in 1 direction — forward.
Tones heard earlier fade, and those farther back disappear, vanish.
We do not hear them backward.”
— Josef Albers, Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition (Yale)
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