Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living. …

John Cage
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Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.39, Wesleyan University Press
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Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.39, Wesleyan University Press

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