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The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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When I went to the analyst for a kind of preliminary meeting, he said, 'I'll be able to fix you so that you'll write much more music than you do now.' I said, 'Good heavens! I already write too much, it seems to me.' That promise of his put me off.
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Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.
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