"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."

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Source : Harry Partch, Thomas McGeary (2000). “Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos”, p.174, University of Illinois Press

Harry Partch

#Horse Quotes #Operations Quotes #Music Is Quotes

“Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.”
“No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.”
“Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.”
“Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.”
“You are only an attitude away from success!”
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”
“Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear successful offspring.”
“Everybody talks, but there is no conversation.”

Source : "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic (Sequence: "A Stone and a Word," Chapter: "Stories," p. 60), 1999.

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