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Writing Quotes by John Cage
- I certainly had no feeling for harmony, and Schoenberg thought that that would make it impossible for me to write music. He said, 'You'll come…
- After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, ‘In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony.’ …
- 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…
- One day when I was studying with Schoenberg, he pointed out the eraser on his pencil and said, 'This end is more important than the…
- When I went to the analyst for a kind of preliminary meeting, he said, 'I'll be able to fix you so that you'll write much…
- 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…
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