Author: John Cage

Quotes

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

- John Cage

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

- John Cage

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

- John Cage

When we separate music from life we get art.

When we separate music from life we get art.

- John Cage

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

- John Cage

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