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John Cage Quotes

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
John Cage

Type:
Composer
Date of Birth:
1912-09-05
Year of Death:
1992
Nationality:
American