John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr.was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth5 September 1912
CountryUnited States of America
So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art. We've gotten to the point of burning food. When will we begin to burn our art?
Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case.
Artists talk a lot about freedom. So, recalling the expression "free as a bird," Morton Feldman went to a park one day and spent some time watching our feathered friends. When he came back, he said, "You know? They're not free: they're fighting over bits of food.
The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo; changes according to advances in the sciences.
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.
Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins.
Why make art ? To quiet the mind thus making it susceptible to divine influences.
Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living.
The responsibility of the artist consists in perfecting his work so that it may become attractively disinteresting.
Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.
Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.
When we separate music from life we get art.
All great art is a form of complaint
People who aren't artists often feel that artists are inspired. But if you work at your art you don't have time to be inspired.