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John Cage Quotes

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

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Type:
Composer Quotes
Category:
American Composer Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 5, 1912
Date of Death:
August 12, 1992
Nationality:
American
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Select John Cage Quotations:
Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.
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

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

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


Quote Keywords:

Am, Nothing, Poetry, Say, Saying
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