John Cage's Quotes

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

John Cage

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

John Cage

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

John Cage

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

John Cage