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

Quote by John Cage

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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.

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

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

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.