The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
John CageWhat is the purpose of writing music? One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds. Or the answer must take the form of a paradox: a purposeful purposeless or a purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmation of life--not an attempt to bring order out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply a way of waking up to the very life weโre living, which is so excellent once one gets oneโs mind and oneโs desires out of its way and lets it act of its own accord.
John CageIf there are questions then, of course, there are answers, but the final answer makes the questions seem absurd.
John Cage