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"21 John Cage Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 5 September 1912. Died: 12 August 1992 | Composer | Music theorist | Artist | Philosopher |

Every something is an echo of nothing

Every Something Echo Nothing
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You can feel an emotion, just don't think that it's so important.

Feel Emotion Think Important
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An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.

Error Failure Adjust Actuality
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I discovered that those who seldom dwell on their emotions know better than anyone else just what an emotion is.

Discovered Dwell Emotions Know
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There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous.

Nothing Need Dangerous
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Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living

Art Experimental Tries Living
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Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.

Value Judgements Business Curiosity
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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

Poetry Realize Possess Nothing
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Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.

Business Life Living Art
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All great art is a form of complaint

Great Art Form Complaint
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Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.

Get Yourself Cage Find
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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones

Understand People Frightened Ideas
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Good music can act as a guide to good living.
Good music Act Guide Living
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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

We Need Destroy Past
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The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

Act Listening Fact Composing
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My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.

Favorite Music Time Quiet
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Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

Ideas Thing Happens
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Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens

Art's Purpose Quiet Mind
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Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.

Happy Manage Enjoy Think
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Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation.

Music Edifying Time Soul
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Music is a means of rapid transportation.

Music Means Transportation
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John Cage Quotes & Sayings