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.
John CageThe purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.
John CageIf there are questions then, of course, there are answers, but the final answer makes the questions seem absurd.
John Cage