“ I discovered that those who seldom dwell on their emotions know better than anyone else just what an emotion is. John Cage
“ We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. John Cage
“ We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life. John Cage
“ I went to a concert upstairs in Town Hall. The composer whose works were being performed had provided program notes. One of these notes was to the effect that there is too much pain in the world. Afte… John Cage
“ Theatre takes place all the time wherever one is and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case. John Cage
“ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. John Cage
“ Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness. John Cage
“ It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else. John Cage
“ After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, "In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony." I explained to him that I had no feeling for harmony. He then said th… John Cage
“ There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. John Cage
“ Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear which remains unsatisfied and even uneasy until it hears something better. I am convinced...that provided the ear be at length made amends there a… John Cage
“ If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience. John Cage
