"I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does NOT do that defines a style"
- James Tenney
About this Quote
This quote by James Tenney suggests that style is a result of a composer's habitual restrictions. It implies that design is not necessarily determined by what a composer does, however instead by what they do not do. This suggests that design is a result of an author's personal choices as well as limitations, instead of an aware effort to produce a certain audio. It also indicates that design is a reflection of an author's individual identity, as it is shaped by their own personal routines and limitations. This quote urges authors to explore their own limitations as well as choices, as well as to utilize them to develop a special and also personal style. Eventually, this quote recommends that design is a reflection of a composer's private identity, which it is established by what they do refrain.
This quote is written / told by James Tenney somewhere between August 10, 1934 and today. He/she was a famous Composer from USA.
The author also have 1 other quotes.
"You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your own life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking"
"Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment"
"The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like"
