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John Cage [1912-1992] American

Rank: 103
Composer (with music)
Contemporary, Darmstadt School, New York School, Aleatoric

John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.

Poetry, Art, Music, Space, Time

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I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.	Poetry	101
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.		102
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.		103
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.		104
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 silence, we cannot.	Space, Time	105
When we separate music from life we get art.	Art, Music	106
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.	Poetry	107
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.		108
We need not destroy the past. It is gone.		109
We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.		110
Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.		111
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 a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'		112
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.		113
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.		114

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