Quote by John Cage
"In Zen they say: if you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are."
More from John Cage
"I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry."
"There is no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound."
"If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four minutes. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two minutes. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all."
"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all."