Harry Partch quotes
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“Originality cannot be a goal. It is simply inevitable. The truly pathbreaking step can never be predicted, and certainly not by the person who makes it at the time he makes it. He clears as he goes, evolves his own techniques, devises his own tools, ignores where he must. And his path cannot be retraced, because each of us is an original being.”
-- Harry PartchSource : Harry Partch (2009). “Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots, and Its Fulfillments”, p.11, Da Capo Press
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“Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new instruments and in new scales.”
-- Harry PartchSource : Harry Partch (2009). “Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots, and Its Fulfillments”, p.6, Da Capo Press
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“The profession of music is lacking in horse sense, not only because the commonplace variety of horse is absent from its operations, but because parts of the horse are noticeably present.”
-- Harry PartchSource : Harry Partch, Thomas McGeary (2000). “Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos”, p.174, University of Illinois Press
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“Life is too precious to spend it with important people.”
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“Life's too short to spend with important people.”
-- Harry Partch
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Source : "Exclusive Interview: Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson – What Karate Can Learn from MMA". Interview with Jesse Enkamp, www.karatebyjesse.com.
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“Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.”
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“So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.”
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“It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.”
Source : Alastair Reynolds (2009). “Revelation Space”, p.357, Hachette UK
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