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Arvo Part Quotes (5 quotes)
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 | “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” ―Theodore Roosevelt Source/Notes: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (1900), Speech to Hamilton Club, Chicago, Ill., 10 Apr. 1899 |
 | “Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.” ―Jose Ortega y Gasset Source/Notes: The Dehumanization of Art (1948) |
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Arvo Part
Born: September 11, 1935 (age 83)
Nationality: Estonian
Occupation: Composer
Bio: Arvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also takes inspiration from Gregorian chant.
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