John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr.was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth5 September 1912
CountryUnited States of America
Each moment presents what happens.
In an utter emptiness anything can take place.
If there are questions then, of course, there are answers, but the final answer makes the questions seem absurd.
As McLuhan says, everything happens at once.
Try as we may to make a silence, we cannot,
My work became an exploration of non-intention.
Everything I see is something I haven't memorized.
Artists talk a lot about freedom. So, recalling the expression "free as a bird," Morton Feldman went to a park one day and spent some time watching our feathered friends. When he came back, he said, "You know? They're not free: they're fighting over bits of food.
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.
If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun.
My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard
If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.
Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins.
To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid.