The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it su…

John Cage
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The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences. ✨ Music Age.
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Everything we do is music. (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33)
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.
Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another. ✨ John Cage (2010). M: Writings ’67–’72, p.22, Wesleyan University Press
Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness. ✨ Conversing with Cage. Book by Richard Kostelanetz, 1988.
Music is a means of rapid transportation. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.59, Wesleyan University Press

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