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Let no one imagine that in owning a recording he has the music. The very practice of music is a celebration that we own nothing.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.
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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
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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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Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. They're different processes.
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All God's religions ... have not been able to put mankind back together again.
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An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.
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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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