Happenings Quote by John Cage Download Open image “There's no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound.” — John Cage ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Happenings Inspirational Love Silence Sound
Silence is not the absence of sound. It's a physical place, a destination with value and meaning in a chaotic world, somewhere arrived at… — Kenneth Turan Copy Share Image
Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul. — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple. — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
SILENCE: A State Where Almost NO SOUND Is Made. The Thoughts You Always Want To AVOID Are HEARD in The Silence. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that… — John Cage Copy Share Image
It was at Harvard not quite forty years ago that I went into an anechoic [totally silent] chamber not expecting in that silent room… — John Cage Copy Share Image
So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art.… — John Cage Copy Share Image
“...the important questions are answered by not liking only but disliking and accepting equally what one likes and dislikes. Otherwise there is no access… — John Cage Copy Share Image
The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing. — John Cage Copy Share Image
To see, one must go beyond the imiagination and for that one must stand absolutely still as though at the center of a leap. — John Cage Copy Share Image
Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness. — John Cage Copy Share Image
Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake… — John Cage Copy Share Image
There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction. — John Cage Copy Share Image
Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens. — John Cage Copy Share Image
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. — John Cage Copy Share Image
[Photography is ] likewise even French impressionists. So the Sculls bought pop. It was politics, and they moved with it. And I think that… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard; I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I have this belief about things happening organically. I believe life has this organic flow in a way. — Naoko Mori Copy Share Image
Out in the field I try not to hold expectations. I try to achieve an openness. The senses heighten so that I am totally… — Keith Lazelle Copy Share Image
When we love, it is not necessary to understand what is happening outside, because everything happens inside us instead. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
What is happening here is we are living past the age, by the millions, living past the age where cultural values make any sense… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Baseball doesn't seem very important on a day like this...When you live in the United States and you think it's the greatest country in… — Gerry Hunsicker Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
We can sit and worry about what's going to happen to us two weeks from now. I'd rather focus on the amazing things happening… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Sometimes something will be happening in pop culture and a movie will be right there, so you'll have this perception that maybe the movie… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image