I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. – John Cage
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. – John Cage
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage
We need not destroy the past. It is gone. – John Cage
If this word “music” is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound. – John Cage
