John Cage Quotes

John Cage Quotes

John Cage Quotes

Consider the following quotes by John Cage:

"If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience."

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."