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

When we separate music from life we get art.

When we separate music from life we get art.

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...

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

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

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...

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

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...

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

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

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

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.

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...

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

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...

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...

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

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...

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...

Humor tells you where the trouble is

Humor tells you where the trouble is

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you...

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you...

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of...

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of...