Quotes of John Cage - somelinesforyou

“ 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

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

- John Cage

“ If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience. ”

- John Cage

“ We need not destroy the past. It is gone. ”

- John Cage

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

- John Cage

“ There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. ”

- John Cage

“ If someone says can't, that shows you what to do. ”

- John Cage

“ We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly. ”

- John Cage

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

- John Cage

“ We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life. ”

- John Cage

“ 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

“ It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else. ”

- John Cage

“ If someone says can't, that shows you what to do. ”

- John Cage

“ To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. ”

- John Cage

“ We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life. ”

- 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

“ To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. ”

- John Cage

“ To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. ”

- John Cage

“ If you think something is boring, try doing it for two minutes. If you still think it's boring, try it for four. If you still think it's boring, try it for eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two, and so on and so forth. Soon enough you'll find that it's really not boring at all. ”

- John Cage

“ 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

“ 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

“ To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. ”

- John Cage

“ We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life. ”

- John Cage

“ Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction. ”

- John Cage

“ We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life. ”

- John Cage

“ I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. ”

- John Cage

“ There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. ”

- John Cage

“ To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. ”

- John Cage

“ 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

“ Ideas are one thing and what happens is another. ”

- John Cage
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