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

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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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[P]oetry shares our misery, it is agitated with all our uneasiness; like us, it goes, comes, flies, never rests. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. – George Sand, 1851

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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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Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. – Amy Clampitt

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