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“The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.”

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John Cage (September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and experimental musician. Known for his unique approach to music composition and exploration of sound, Cage's works often broke the boundaries of traditional music, profoundly influencing modern music. more

“How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build are only retreats, their quarrels the malaise of men who cannot find their way home. India knows of their trouble. She knows of the whole world's trouble, to its uttermost depth. She calls "Come" through her hundred mouths, through objects ridiculous and august. But come to what? She has never defined. She is not a promise, only an appeal.”

Source: A Passage to India

“We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessary. The books in my father's shed were sighing. The sheets were rising and falling around me with Anna's breathing. I thought about waking her. but it was unnecessary. There would be other nights. And how can you say I love you to someone you love? I rolled onto my side and fell asleep next to her. Here is the point of everything I have been trying to tell you... It's always necessary. I love you.”

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

“Why are you leaving me? He wrote, I do not know how to live. I do not know either but I am trying. I do not know how to try. There were some things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So i buried them and let them hurt me”

Knows Trying Wanted Hurt Know How Leaving Buried Leaving Me Hurt Me

Book:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

“About here, she thought, dabbling her fingers in the water, a ship had sunk, and she muttered, dreamily half asleep, how we perished, each alone.”

Water Half Fingers Ships Dabbling

Author:Virginia Woolf

“I cannot conceive any work of art as having a separate existence from life itself”

Art Existence Works Of Art

Author:Antonin Artaud

“Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency.”

Needs Believe Sometimes I Believe Doubt Accidents Consistency

Book:Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions

Source: Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions

“By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.”

Littles Problem Might Certain Solutions Solve Setting Settings Frustration Strokes Chips

Author:Hugh Prather

“Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old.”

Art Offers Criticism

Book:Jasper Johns: gravures et dessins de la collection Castelli, 1960-1991 : portraits de l'artiste par Hans Namuth, 1962-1989 : Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, Palais de Luppé, 4 juillet-30 septembre 1992

Source: Jasper Johns: gravures et dessins de la collection Castelli, 1960-1991 : portraits de l'artiste par Hans Namuth, 1962-1989 : Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, Palais de Luppé, 4 juillet-30 septembre 1992

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