In the nature of the use of chance operations is the belief that all a…

John Cage
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In the nature of the use of chance operations is the belief that all answers answer all questions. ✨ John Cage (1997). I–VI: MethodStructureIntentionDisciplineNotationIndeterminacyInterpenetrationImitationDevotionCircumstancesVariableStructureNonunderstandingContingencyInconsistencyPerformance, p.456, Wesleyan University Press
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