Quote by John Cage
I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. - John

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. – John Cage

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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. – John Cage

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Poetry mends a broken arrow then shoots us in the heart with it. – Terri Guillemets, “Love, life, poetry,” 2016

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates

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There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. – Gyorgy Ligeti

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He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech. – John Colville

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