I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
John Cage

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.
John Cage

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.
John Cage

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
John Cage

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.
John Cage

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.
John Cage

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
John Cage