George Perle Quotes
I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.
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I have a theory of relatives, too. Don't hire 'em.
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Everyone who becomes a psychotherapist eventually adopts a theory that suits his needs.
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Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
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She endured. And survived. Marginally, perhaps, but it is not required of us that we live well.
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I'm a writer who simply can't know what I'm writing about until the writing lets me discover it. In a sense, my writing process embraces the gapped nature of my memory process, leaping across spaces that represent all I've lost and establishing fresh patterns within all that remains.
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I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless.
George Perle