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14 quotes by John Cage

In New York, the Cages first stayed with painter Max Ernst and Peggy Guggenheim. Through them, Cage met numerous important artists such as Piet Mondrian, André Breton, Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, and many others. Guggenheim was very supportive: the Cages could stay with her and Ernst for any length of time, and she offered to organize a concert of Cage's music at the opening of her gallery, which included paying for transportation of Cage's...
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I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

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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... →

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It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

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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... →

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It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as... →

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Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

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We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

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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... →

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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

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When we separate music from life we get art.

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