To see, one must go beyond the imiagination and for that one must stand absolutely still as though at the center of a leap. John Cage More Quotes by John Cage More Quotes From John Cage An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality. John Cage actualityerrorsevents Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins. John Cage artistdoebeauty Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think. John Cage carpe-diemenjoythinking When we separate music from life we get is art. John Cage separationart I never had a hat, never wore one, but recently was given a brown suede duck-hunting hat. The moment I put it on I realized I was starved for a hat. I kept it warm by putting it on my head. I made plans to wear it especially when I was going to do any thinking. Somewhere in Virginia, I lost my hat. John Cage huntingducksthinking I certainly had no feeling for harmony, and Schoenberg thought that that would make it impossible for me to write music. He said, 'You'll come to a wall you won't be able to get through.' So I said, 'I'll beat my head against that wall.' John Cage wallfeelingswriting The attitude I take is that everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration, when we become aware of it. That when is when our intentions go down to zero. Then suddenly you notice that the world is magical. John Cage zeroattitudeinteresting The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo; changes according to advances in the sciences. John Cage naturescienceart Every something is an echo of nothing John Cage echoes All great art is a form of complaint John Cage complaintsformart We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities. John Cage quantityleavingrooms I believe the use of noise to make music will increase until we reach a John Cage musicalsoundbelieve I like being moved. I don't like being pushed. John Cage movedinteresting Which is more musical: a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school? John Cage passing-bymusicalschool ...we make our lives by what we love. John Cage our-liveslive-by I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love. John Cage lessonssoundremember Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. John Cage musicnoisepeace In the dark, all cats are black. John Cage blackcatdark The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience. John Cage mirthemotionsorrow Not one sound fears the silence that extinguishes it. And no silence exists that is not pregnant with sound. John Cage pregnantsilencesound
