Food, one assumes, provides nourishment: but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction

Quote by John Cage

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Food Quotes

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord...

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord...

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our...

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our...

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is...

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is...

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then...

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then...

When we separate music from life we get art.

When we separate music from life we get art.

Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation

Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation

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

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

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.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why...

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why...

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to...

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old...

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why...

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen...

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen...

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer