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

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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

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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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We need not destroy the past. It is gone. – John Cage

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

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Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race. – Johann Georg Hamann

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Im not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every words meaning, or multiple meanings. – Anne Stevenson

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On the other hand, if theres an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. Ive lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton. – Richard Serra

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Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say theyre saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. – Harry Mathews

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