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Quote by John Cage
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. - J

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage

Other quotes by 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

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Nature
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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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Business
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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

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Music
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It sometimes seems to me (it is an error, I confess, but one into which I am for ever falling) that poetry is no longer anything more than an imitation of poetry… – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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I can find some way to make poetry out of my lifes experiences. – Shelby Lynne

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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Pounds translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later. – Robert Morgan

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We are free to yield to truth. – Horace

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