Harry Partch Professions : Composer Born : June 24, 1901 Died : September 3, 1974 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Harry Partch 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 Partch technique goal steps 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 Partch scales path writing Life is too precious to spend it with important people. Harry Partch important life-is people 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 Partch operations horse music-is Life's too short to spend with important people. Harry Partch too-short important people Similar Authors Igor Stravinsky composer Irving Berlin composer Brian Ferneyhough composer Bryce Dessner composer Bradley Joseph composer Boudleaux Bryant composer All Authors
