The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

Quote by John Cage

Topics: Self Beauty Quotes

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.

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.

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...

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 poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

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

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

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...

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

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...

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...

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 carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

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

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...

When we separate music from life we get art.

When we separate music from life we get art.

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...

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

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at...

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye.

Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye.