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Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not fear its loss.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.
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Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music.
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Some people take music too seriously, and some don't take it seriously enough, others take it just right.
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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.
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