What is the purpose of writing music? One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds. Or the answer must take the form of a paradox: a purposeful purposeless or a purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmation of life--not an attempt to bring order out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply a way of waking up to the very life we’re living, which is so excellent once one gets one’s mind and one’s desires out of its way and lets it act of its own accord.
John CageThere is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous.
John CageEverything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33")
John CageI am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.
John CageGet yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.
John CageOur intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we're living, which is so excellent once one gets one's mind and desires out of its way and lets it act of it's own accord.
John CageThings we were going to do are now being done by others. They were, it seems, not in our minds to do (were we or they out of our minds?) but simply ready to enter any open mind, any mind disturbed enough not to have an idea in it.
John CageI can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
John CageTags: inspirational ideas
It is not futile to do what we do. We wake up with energy and we do something. And we make, of course, failures and we make mistakes, but we sometimes get glimpses of what we might do next.
John CageValue judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
John CageTags: curiosity awareness value
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