Posts Tagged ‘cage’

happy birthday john!

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Satie:

“Was ist der Mensch? Ein armes Wesen,
auf diese Welt gekommen, um die
andern Menschen zu ärgern.”

Cage:

“The feeling we are

getting nowhere

that is pleasure

which will continue.”
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how i work:

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

 

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it’s not boring at all but very interesting.

in John Cage, Silence pp.93.

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