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John Cage quotes: The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience. The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.
John Cage quotes: The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accordance with nature, in her manner of operation. The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accordance with nature, in her manner of operation.
John Cage quotes: Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent. Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent.
John Cage quotes: College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books. College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books.
John Cage quotes: If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun. If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun.
John Cage quotes: We need not destroy the past. It is gone. We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
John Cage quotes: I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.
John Cage quotes: Everything I see is something I haven't memorized. Everything I see is something I haven't memorized.
John Cage quotes: The grand thing about the human mind is that it can turn its own tables and see meaninglessness as ultimate meaning. The grand thing about the human mind is that it can turn its own tables and see meaninglessness as ultimate meaning.
John Cage quotes: The act of listening is in fact an act of composing. The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.
John Cage quotes: Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical. Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.
John Cage quotes: The world is teeming; anything can happen. The world is teeming; anything can happen.
John Cage quotes: We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities. We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.
John Cage quotes: There's no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound. There's no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound.
John Cage quotes: Beware of losing what isn't in your head. Beware of losing what isn't in your head.
John Cage quotes: A 'mistake' is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is. A 'mistake' is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is.
John Cage quotes: Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this. Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.
John Cage quotes: Not one sound fears the silence that extinguishes it. And no silence exists that is not pregnant with sound. Not one sound fears the silence that extinguishes it. And no silence exists that is not pregnant with sound.
John Cage quotes: Let no one imagine that in owning a recording he has the music. The very practice of music is a celebration that we own nothing. Let no one imagine that in owning a recording he has the music. The very practice of music is a celebration that we own nothing.
John Cage quotes: One need not fear for the future of music. One need not fear for the future of music.
John Cage quotes: Each moment presents what happens. Each moment presents what happens.
John Cage quotes: Music is a means of rapid transportation. Music is a means of rapid transportation.
John Cage quotes: Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow. Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow.
John Cage quotes: Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another. Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.
John Cage quotes: An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality. An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.
John Cage quotes: Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy. Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.
John Cage quotes: There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous. There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous.
John Cage quotes: We, the garden of technology. We, undecidable. We, the garden of technology. We, undecidable.
John Cage quotes: I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.
John Cage quotes: There's nothing we really need to do that isn't dangerous There's nothing we really need to do that isn't dangerous
John Cage quotes: All I know about method is that when I am not working I sometimes think I know something, but when I am working, it is quite clear I know nothing. All I know about method is that when I am not working I sometimes think I know something, but when I am working, it is quite clear I know nothing.
John Cage quotes: All great art is a form of complaint All great art is a form of complaint
John Cage quotes: My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard
John Cage quotes: Ideas are one thing and what happens is another. Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.
John Cage quotes: There are no secrets.It's just we thought that they said dead. When they said bread. There are no secrets.It's just we thought that they said dead. When they said bread.
John Cage quotes: When we separate music from life we get art. When we separate music from life we get art.
John Cage quotes: There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
John Cage quotes: Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat. Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.
John Cage quotes: I have nothing to sayand I am saying itand that is poetryas I need it. I have nothing to say
and I am saying it
and that is poetry
as I need it.
John Cage quotes: The responsibility of the artist consists in perfecting his work so that it may become attractively disinteresting. The responsibility of the artist consists in perfecting his work so that it may become attractively disinteresting.
John Cage quotes: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think. Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.
John Cage quotes: I want my writing to be as clear as water I can see through so that what I experienced is told without my being in any way in the way. I want my writing to be as clear as water I can see through so that what I experienced is told without my being in any way in the way.
John Cage quotes: I don't need sound to talk to me, I don't need sound to talk to me,
John Cage quotes: We only hear what we listen for. We only hear what we listen for.
John Cage quotes: No one can have an idea once he starts really listening. No one can have an idea once he starts really listening.
John Cage quotes: The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win. The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.
John Cage quotes: We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
John Cage quotes: If there are questions then, of course, there are answers, but the final answer makes the questions seem absurd. If there are questions then, of course, there are answers, but the final answer makes the questions seem absurd.
John Cage quotes: When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing it. When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing it.
John Cage quotes: Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living. Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living.
John Cage quotes: Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation. Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation.
John Cage quotes: As McLuhan says, everything happens at once. As McLuhan says, everything happens at once.
John Cage quotes: My work became an exploration of non-intention. My work became an exploration of non-intention.
John Cage quotes: A meal without mushrooms is like a day without rain. A meal without mushrooms is like a day without rain.
John Cage quotes: I like being moved. I don't like being pushed. I like being moved. I don't like being pushed.
John Cage quotes: Everyday is a beautiful day, Everything is pleasing Everyday is a beautiful day, Everything is pleasing
John Cage quotes: With just one musician, you can really do an unlimited number of things on the inside of the piano, if you have at your disposal an exploded keyboard. With just one musician, you can really do an unlimited number of things on the inside of the piano, if you have at your disposal an exploded keyboard.
John Cage quotes: To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid.
John Cage quotes: Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens. Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.
John Cage quotes: Everything we do is Music Everything we do is Music
John Cage quotes: Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins. Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins.
John Cage quotes: People who aren't artists often feel that artists are inspired. But if you work at your art you don't have time to be inspired. People who aren't artists often feel that artists are inspired. But if you work at your art you don't have time to be inspired.
John Cage quotes: The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing. The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.
John Cage quotes: Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness. Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
John Cage quotes: We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly. We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.
John Cage quotes: We make our lives by what we love. We make our lives by what we love.
John Cage quotes: It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else. It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.
John Cage quotes: If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not. If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.
John Cage quotes: I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
John Cage quotes: There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction. There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent
to a gang bent on destruction.
John Cage quotes: Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.
John Cage quotes: Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see. Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.
John Cage quotes: Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case. Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case.
John Cage quotes: Valda said that if you change your residence every six months you can legally free your children from compulsory education. Valda said that if you change your residence every six months you can legally free your children from compulsory education.
John Cage quotes: Out of the work comes the work. Out of the work comes the work.
John Cage quotes: Now we have come to the end of the part about structure. However, it occurs to me to say more about structure. Now we have come to the end of the part about structure. However, it occurs to me to say more about structure.
John Cage quotes: Farting, don't think, just fart. Farting, don't think, just fart.
John Cage quotes: It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep. It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.
John Cage quotes: The reason we life black people isn't because they're black. We like them because they're not as grey as we are. The reason we life black people isn't because they're black. We like them because they're not as grey as we are.
John Cage quotes: I discovered that those who seldom dwell on their emotions know better than anyone else just what an emotion is. I discovered that those who seldom dwell on their emotions know better than anyone else just what an emotion is.
John Cage quotes: Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music. Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music.
John Cage quotes: A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection. A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection.
John Cage quotes: Everything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33") Everything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33")
John Cage quotes: We are not committed to this or that. We are committed to the nothing in-between, whether we know it or not. We are not committed to this or that. We are committed to the nothing in-between, whether we know it or not.
John Cage quotes: I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love. I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love.
John Cage quotes: In our forestspart divineand makes her heart palpitatewild and tame are one. What a delicious Sound! In our forests
part divine
and makes her heart palpitate
wild and tame are one. What a delicious Sound!
John Cage quotes: If someone says can't, that shows you what to do. If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.
John Cage quotes: The white paintings came first; my silent piece came later. The white paintings came first; my silent piece came later.
John Cage quotes: Why make art ? To quiet the mind thus making it susceptible to divine influences. Why make art ? To quiet the mind thus making it susceptible to divine influences.
John Cage quotes: In the nature of the use of chance operations is the belief that all answers answer all questions. In the nature of the use of chance operations is the belief that all answers answer all questions.
John Cage quotes: What right do I have to be in the woods, if the woods are not in me. What right do I have to be in the woods, if the woods are not in me.
John Cage quotes: My favourite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write: I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard. My favourite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write: I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard.
John Cage quotes: As far as consistency of thought goes, I prefer inconsistency. As far as consistency of thought goes, I prefer inconsistency.
John Cage quotes: Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it. Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it.
John Cage quotes: In an utter emptiness anything can take place. In an utter emptiness anything can take place.
John Cage quotes: Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do. Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do.
John Cage quotes: Some people take music too seriously, and some don't take it seriously enough, others take it just right ... Some people take music too seriously, and some don't take it seriously enough, others take it just right ...
John Cage quotes: My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet. My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.
John Cage quotes: Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in. Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.
John Cage quotes: Every something is an echo of nothing Every something is an echo of nothing

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