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
It is not futile to do what we do. We wake up with energy and we do something. And we make, of course, failures and we make mistakes, but we sometimes get glimpses of what we might do next.
Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.
Everything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33")
One day when I was studying with Schoenberg, he pointed out the eraser on his pencil and said, 'This end is more important than the other.' After twenty years I learned to write directly in ink.
An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.
College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books.
In an utter emptiness anything can take place.
Everything I see is something I haven't memorized.
My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard
If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.