I needed another basis for musical structure. This I found in sound's duration parameter, sound's only parameter which is present even when no sound is intended.
John CageComposing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.
John CageMy favourite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write: I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard.
John CageWe are not committed to this or that. We are committed to the nothing in-between, whether we know it or not.
John Cage