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Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
Composer
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California
John Milton Cage Jr.
John Milton Cage
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One day when I was studying with Schoenberg, he pointed out the eraser on his pencil and said, 'This end is more important than the other.' After twenty years I learned to write directly in ink.
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Out of the work comes the work.
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Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want
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Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent.
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The world is teeming anything can happen.
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In the dark, all cats are black.
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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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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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There's no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound.
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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.
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We only hear what we listen for.
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No one can have an idea once he starts really listening.
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If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.
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