235 Quotes by John Cage

An artist conscientiously moves in a direction which for some good reason he takes, putting one work in front of the other with the hope he'll arrive before death overtakes him.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins.

If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun.

In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.

Everything I see is something I haven't memorized.

One need not fear for the future of music.

Try as we may to make a silence, we cannot,

My work became an exploration of non-intention.