Famous Quotes / John Cage
12 Quotations by John Cage
- 1. An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.
- 2. I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
- 3. If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.
- 4. If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse ...
- 5. If you think something is boring, try doing it for two minutes. If you still think it's boring, try ...
- 6. It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to o ...
- 7. It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhe ...
- 8. The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's n ...
- 9. There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, somethi ...
- 10. To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid.
- 11. We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life.
- 12. We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.