John Cage Quotes.

1. "If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience."
- Quote by John Cage

2. "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
- Quote by John Cage

3. "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."
- Quote by John Cage

4. "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."
- Quote by John Cage

5. "I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry as I need it."
- Quote by John Cage

6. "Every something is an echo of nothing"
- Quote by John Cage

7. "Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in."
- Quote by John Cage

8. "In the dark, all cats are black."
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9. "All great art is a form of complaint"
- Quote by John Cage

10. "When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all are there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you are lucky, even you leave."
- Quote by John Cage