All John Cage Quotes
- Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent. All
- Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this. Art
- What is the purpose of writing music? One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds. Or the answer must take the… Accord
- Everything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33") Classical
- I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing. Funny
- Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in. Cage
- Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up… Accord
- I have nothing to say, and I am saying it. Funny
- 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… All
- A 'mistake' is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is. Anything Happens
- Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not… Anything Therefore
- Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think. Carpe
- I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. Poetry