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John Cage Quotes
«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
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Nothing to say
«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
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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
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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»