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Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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More quotes by John Cage
Why do you not do as I do? Letting go of your thoughts as though they were the cold ashes of a long dead fire?
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Paper should be edible, nutritious. Inks used for printing or writing should have delicious flavors. Magazines or newspapers read at breakfast should be eaten for lunch. Instead of throwing one's mail in the waste-basket, it should be saved for the dinner guests.
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The world is no longer a romantic place some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.
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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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Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
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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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The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.
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In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.
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The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo changes according to advances in the sciences.
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Everyday is a beautiful day, Everything is pleasing
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Out of the work comes the work.
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Art is whatever you can get away with.
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So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art. We've gotten to the point of burning food. When will we begin to burn our art?
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Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.
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In the dark, all cats are black.
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If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.
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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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Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music.
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As McLuhan says, everything happens at once.
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