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I don't need sound to talk to me.

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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Music Theorist
Musician
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Painter
Philosopher
Poet
University Teacher
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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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In an utter emptiness anything can take place.
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The world, the real is not an object. It is a process.
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One shouldn't go to the woods looking for something, but rather to see what is there.
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When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all are there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you are lucky, even you leave.
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The world is teeming anything can happen.
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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
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