--- title: "32 John Cage Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 32 John Cage quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best John Cage sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/david-sheppard-231534_cage_ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is_494174.jpg" --- > [“Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.’ (John Cage)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheppard/ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is-another-john-cage/) [David Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/david-sheppard-231534_cage_ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is_494174.jpg) > [John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/john-cage-made-you-realise-that-there-wasn-t-a-thing-called-noise-it/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/brian-eno-776_appreciated_john-cage-made-you-realise-that-there-wa_2437614.jpg) > [All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/all-really-great-artists-jackson-pollack-john-cage-beckett-or-joyce/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/jonathan-safran-foer-136_art_all-really-great-artists-jackson-pollack_1130883.png) > [“The heating systems composed works in the style of John Cage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/the-heating-systems-composed-works-in-the-style-of-john-cage/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/david-mitchell-264_avant-garde_the-heating-systems-composed-works-in-th_1817871.jpg) > [The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-lewitt/the-thinking-of-john-cage-derived-from-duchamp-and-dada-i-was-not/) [Sol LeWitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-lewitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/sol-lewitt-11839_cage_the-thinking-of-john-cage-derived-from-d_1737517.jpg) > [Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daveed-diggs/clipping-is-a-very-specific-concept-y-thing-we-have-all-these-rules/) [Daveed Diggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daveed-diggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/daveed-diggs-8072_create_clipping-is-a-very-specific-concept-y-th_3011066.jpg) > [One very early influence was reading about John Cage's experience in an anechoic room where the only sound you are left with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-johannsson/one-very-early-influence-was-reading-about-john-cage-s-experience-in/) [Johann Johannsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-johannsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/johann-johannsson-8922_early_one-very-early-influence-was-reading-abo_2978281.jpg) > [I grew up mostly in Champaign, Illinois. My dad was at the University of East Illinois, so I was always around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-hamm/i-grew-up-mostly-in-champaign-illinois-my-dad-was-at-the-university/) [Stuart Hamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-hamm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/stuart-hamm-80153_avant-garde_i-grew-up-mostly-in-champaign-illinois-m_568707.jpg) > [I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-did-a-twenty-foot-print-and-john-cage-is-involved-in-that-because/) [Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/robert-rauschenberg-5257_because_i-did-a-twenty-foot-print-and-john-cage_1054054.jpg) > [Also, I liked John Cage's music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/also-i-liked-john-cage-s-music-i-liked-it-for-its-craziness-the-use/) [Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/kenneth-koch-13952_academic_also-i-liked-john-cage-s-music-i-liked-i_3122950.png) > [I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/i-recall-improvisational-drummer-and-composer-michael-evans-telling/) [David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/david-grubbs-27090_composer_i-recall-improvisational-drummer-and-com_273897.jpg) > [I'm especially interested in the music of John Cage... I would like to do some experimenting with the relationship between his freeform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-m-especially-interested-in-the-music-of-john-cage-i-would-like-to/) [Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/jasper-johns-8447_art_i-m-especially-interested-in-the-music-o_2302902.jpg) > [John Cage is someone I got into as a visual artist, before I even knew his music. I don't think a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devendra-banhart/john-cage-is-someone-i-got-into-as-a-visual-artist-before-i-even-knew/) [Devendra Banhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devendra-banhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/devendra-banhart-3176_art_john-cage-is-someone-i-got-into-as-a-vis_2013281.png) > [I think teenagers just don't have the persistence to pretend to like something they don't anymore. I used to do that -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradford-cox/i-think-teenagers-just-don-t-have-the-persistence-to-pretend-to-like/) [Bradford Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradford-cox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/bradford-cox-7663_beach_i-think-teenagers-just-don-t-have-the-pe_1697506.jpg) > ['Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/untitled-is-a-time-machine-that-can-transport-you-to-1992-an-edgy/) [Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/jerry-saltz-1712_art_untitled-is-a-time-machine-that-can-tran_68837.png) > [One of my aims was to be paid as well as a plumber. Plumber was better-paid than any performance artist who was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/one-of-my-aims-was-to-be-paid-as-well-as-a-plumber-plumber-was-better/) [Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/marina-abramovic-1502_art_one-of-my-aims-was-to-be-paid-as-well-as_2087606.jpg) > [There's a book of interviews with John Cage by Joan Retallack called Musicage that was finished the summer that he died, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/there-s-a-book-of-interviews-with-john-cage-by-joan-retallack-called/) [David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/david-grubbs-27090_book_there-s-a-book-of-interviews-with-john-c_2062295.jpg) > [When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/when-i-read-john-cage-s-book-silence-i-was-growing-up-in-louisville/) [David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/david-grubbs-27090_backwards_when-i-read-john-cage-s-book-silence-i-w_1285272.jpg) > [I always like to cite John Cage's mantra, "If you can stand it for two-minutes, try it for four." In fact, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/i-always-like-to-cite-john-cage-s-mantra-if-you-can-stand-it-for-two/) [Yvonne Rainer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-rainer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/yvonne-rainer-88413_changed_i-always-like-to-cite-john-cage-s-mantra_1035192.jpg) > [There's a bit of a new guard of contemporary classical musicians in New York, and we play a lot of different kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-shaw/there-s-a-bit-of-a-new-guard-of-contemporary-classical-musicians-in/) [Caroline Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/caroline-shaw-30254_also_there-s-a-bit-of-a-new-guard-of-contempo_3201149.jpg) > [Reich and John Cage were pretty big influences on this record Folie A Deux in weird ways in that you wouldn't necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-stump/reich-and-john-cage-were-pretty-big-influences-on-this-record-folie-a/) [Patrick Stump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-stump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/patrick-stump-2850_influences_reich-and-john-cage-were-pretty-big-infl_2095840.jpg) > [Director Michelle MacLaren is the John Cage of this malevolent silence, able to wield it as precisely as a pointillist with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-greenwald/director-michelle-maclaren-is-the-john-cage-of-this-malevolent/) [Andy Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/andy-greenwald-55466_able_director-michelle-maclaren-is-the-john-c_2691445.jpg) > [I made a very bad mistake; I miscounted these scraps of information on the record as 92, and in continual homage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-greenaway/i-made-a-very-bad-mistake-i-miscounted-these-scraps-of-information-on/) [Peter Greenaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-greenaway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/peter-greenaway-2444_amusing_i-made-a-very-bad-mistake-i-miscounted-t_3114621.png) > [I am obsessed by the idea of silence. I went through an entire library studying art, artists and their critics, philosophers, too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-am-obsessed-by-the-idea-of-silence-i-went-through-an-entire-library/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/terry-tempest-williams-835_ambient_i-am-obsessed-by-the-idea-of-silence-i-w_2931941.png) > [“Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/music/music-is-an-art-form-whose-medium-is-sound-and-silence-its-common/) [Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/music/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/music-34094_ancient-greek_music-is-an-art-form-whose-medium-is-sou_2673202.jpg) > [We used to have endless discussions with journalists about that: 'Why are you calling it noise? It's not noise, it's music,' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/we-used-to-have-endless-discussions-with-journalists-about-that-why/) [Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/lee-ranaldo-4745_everybody_we-used-to-have-endless-discussions-with_960843.jpg) > [“Marietta, I do not believe in ghosts, astrology, palmistry, graphology, John Cage, love or God. I do believe in the moment, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/marietta-i-do-not-believe-in-ghosts-astrology-palmistry-graphology/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/gore-vidal-466_believe_marietta-i-do-not-believe-in-ghosts-astr_715953.jpg) > [I was part of the sort of avant guard tradition of John Cage and music concrete and pushing back the boundaries of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-dudley/i-was-part-of-the-sort-of-avant-guard-tradition-of-john-cage-and/) [Anne Dudley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-dudley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/anne-dudley-34372_avant-garde_i-was-part-of-the-sort-of-avant-guard-tr_1712821.jpg) > [Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hazlewood/parallels-between-classical-and-pop-are-not-new-the-whole-san/) [Charles Hazlewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hazlewood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/charles-hazlewood-15398_between_parallels-between-classical-and-pop-are_906084.png) > [I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-have-this-ideal-listener-as-john-cage-did-this-listener-doesn-t/) [Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/missy-mazzoli-30163_cages_i-have-this-ideal-listener-as-john-cage_1270492.jpg) > [Leonard de Vinci, for example, is a great artist, but he is living in the past. However, I don't feel John Cage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasumasa-morimura/leonard-de-vinci-for-example-is-a-great-artist-but-he-is-living-in/) [Yasumasa Morimura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasumasa-morimura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/yasumasa-morimura-27200_age_leonard-de-vinci-for-example-is-a-great_2343910.jpg) > [I found myself thinking about the distance between the 60s and today through certain moments. Like the Henry Flynt interview with Ubuweb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/i-found-myself-thinking-about-the-distance-between-the-60s-and-today/) [David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/david-grubbs-27090_distance_i-found-myself-thinking-about-the-distan_2366614.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-cage/#itemlist", "name": "John Cage Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.’ (John Cage)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sheppard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheppard/ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is-another-john-cage/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/david-sheppard-231534_cage_ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is_494174.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/david-sheppard-231534_cage_ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is_494174.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/david-sheppard-231534_cage_ideas-are-one-thing-and-what-happens-is_494174.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.’ (John Cage)” — David Sheppard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian Eno" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/john-cage-made-you-realise-that-there-wasn-t-a-thing-called-noise-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/brian-eno-776_appreciated_john-cage-made-you-realise-that-there-wa_2437614.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/brian-eno-776_appreciated_john-cage-made-you-realise-that-there-wa_2437614.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/brian-eno-776_appreciated_john-cage-made-you-realise-that-there-wa_2437614.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.” — Brian Eno", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Safran Foer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/all-really-great-artists-jackson-pollack-john-cage-beckett-or-joyce/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/jonathan-safran-foer-136_art_all-really-great-artists-jackson-pollack_1130883.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/jonathan-safran-foer-136_art_all-really-great-artists-jackson-pollack_1130883.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/jonathan-safran-foer-136_art_all-really-great-artists-jackson-pollack_1130883.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.” — Jonathan Safran Foer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The heating systems composed works in the style of John Cage.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/the-heating-systems-composed-works-in-the-style-of-john-cage/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/david-mitchell-264_avant-garde_the-heating-systems-composed-works-in-th_1817871.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/david-mitchell-264_avant-garde_the-heating-systems-composed-works-in-th_1817871.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/david-mitchell-264_avant-garde_the-heating-systems-composed-works-in-th_1817871.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The heating systems composed works in the style of John Cage.” — David Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. 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