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«The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.»
«I have nothing to say And I am saying it And that is poetry»
Author: John Cage
| Keywords:
Nothing to say
«Music is a means of Rapid Transportation»
«I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.»
«Food, one assumes, provides nourishment: but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction»
Author: John Cage
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America and Americans,
Food
| Keywords:
added, amounts, appearance, assumes, delay, Eat It, nourishment, poison, provides, putrefaction
«If someone says 'can't,' that shows you what to do»
Author: John Cage
«If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.»
Author: John Cage
| Keywords:
boring, discovers, eight, eventually, sixteen, thirty, Thirty one, Thirty two
«There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.»
Author: John Cage
«The grand thing about the human mind is that it can turn its own tables and see meaninglessness as ultimate meaning»
«We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.»
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