When we separate music from life we get art.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation

Music fills the infinite between two souls

Music fills the infinite between two souls

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better...

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better...

I dont think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses...

I dont think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses...