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American
-
Composer
September 5
, 1912 -
August 12
, 1992
We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.
John Cage
Fly
Us
Carry
Within
There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.
John Cage
Time
Silence
Space
See
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
John Cage
People
Ideas
Understand
New
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
John Cage
Life
Business
Daily
Understanding
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.
John Cage
Boring
Try
Something
Two
I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.
John Cage
I Am
Poetry
Saying
Nothing
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
John Cage
Poetry
Nothing
Realize
Soon
We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
John Cage
Past
Need
Destroy
Gone
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
John Cage
Beautiful
Myself
You
Think
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.
John Cage
Nature
Purpose
Her
Operation
When we separate music from life we get art.
John Cage
Life
Music
Art
Get
Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.
John Cage
Ideas
Happens
One Thing
Thing
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.
John Cage
Sleep
Play
Useless
Who
It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'
John Cage
Music
Culture
Better
Entertainment
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