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Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
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I want to change my way of seeing, NOT my way of feeling. I was perfectly happy about my feelings.
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Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.
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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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