What did John Cage mean by: I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones. - John Cage Composer · USA Copy
+ My work became an exploration of non-intention. Feraz Zeid, July 30, 2023December 12, 2023, John Cage, Exploration, Intention, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ Art’s purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Cage, Art, Mind, Music, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 12, 2023, John Cage, Cages, Finding yourself, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Cage, Silence, Sound, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ …we make our lives by what we love. Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 12, 2023, John Cage, Our Lives, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Cage, Carpe Diem, Enjoy, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Cage, Art, Helping, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
+ Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat. Feraz Zeid, November 3, 2023December 26, 2023, John Cage, Seats, 0 - John Cage Composer · USA
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected. - Lynda Obst Film producer
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Explain - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you’ll never sit. - Jennifer Granholm Politician · USA
