All John Cage Quotes
- If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun. Accomplish
- Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins. Artist
- An artist conscientiously moves in a direction which for some good reason he takes, putting one work in front of the other with the hope… Arrive
- Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case. All
- Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat. Best
- My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard Favorite
- When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing… Acting
- There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things that don’t have… Anything One
- I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with… Check
- Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation. Edifying
- To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. Accept
- The act of listening is in fact an act of composing. Act
- A mind that is interested in changing...is interested precisely in the things that are at extremes. I'm certainly like that. Unless we go to extremes,… Anywhere
- Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another. Bring
- Not one sound fears the silence that extinguishes it. And no silence exists that is not pregnant with sound. Exists
- People who aren't artists often feel that artists are inspired. But if you work at your art you don't have time to be inspired. Art
- Music is a means of rapid transportation. Means
- The world, the real is not an object. It is a process. Inspirational
- I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love. Ever Took
- Good music can act as a guide to good living. Act
- My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet. All
- Guy Nearing told us it's a good idea when hunting mushrooms to have a pleasant goal, a waterfall for instance, and, having reached it, to… Another Way
- 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. Dream
- 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… Basket
- The attitude I take is that everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration, when we become aware of it. That when is when… Attitude