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Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.

John Cage

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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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Out of the work comes the work.
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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
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In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.
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The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.
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The attitude I take is that everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration, when we become aware of it. That when is when our intentions go down to zero. Then suddenly you notice that the world is magical.
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Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it.
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Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
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If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.
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All God's religions ... have not been able to put mankind back together again.
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So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art. We've gotten to the point of burning food. When will we begin to burn our art?
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