My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard

John Cage
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My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard
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There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things that don’t have to mean anything, one is music and the other is laughter. Don’t hav … ▶
Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not fear its loss. ✨ Silence: Lectures and Writings. Book by John … ▶
The world is teeming; anything can happen. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.110, Wesleyan University Press
The white paintings came first; my silent piece came later. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.112, Wesleyan University Press
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