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In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.
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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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
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Guy Nearing told us it's a good idea when hunting mushrooms to have a pleasant goal, a waterfall for instance, and, having reached it, to return another way. When, however, we're obliged to go and come back by the same path, returning we notice mushrooms we hadn't noticed going out.
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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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Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.
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My favourite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write: I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard.
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When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing it.
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Everyday is a beautiful day, Everything is pleasing
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