Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Quote by John Cage

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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...

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

When we separate music from life we get art.

When we separate music from life we get art.

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...

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...

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.

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment: but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of...

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment: but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of...

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 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

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

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

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.