Freedom Quotes
The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.
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"The future of music lies in liberation from all constraints."Karlheinz Stockhausen
"Freedom comes from accepting what is."Pauline Oliveros
"Freedom is the ability to be fully yourself."Pauline Oliveros
"Acousmatic listening liberates us from visual prejudice."Pierre Schaeffer
"We must protect silence as fiercely as we protect speech."Pierre Schaeffer
"True freedom is the ability to hear what you choose to hear."Pierre Schaeffer
"Freedom in art requires the most rigorous technique."Pierre Boulez
"The mind is the prison of the body and the body is the prison of the mind."John Cage
"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."John Cage
"Discipline is freedom."John Cage
"We cannot have anything we can name be a prerequisite for anything else."John Cage
"The listener must abandon expectations and embrace the unknown"Karlheinz Stockhausen
"Freedom in music comes from understanding the structures we choose to work within."Pauline Oliveros
"I want my body back."Yoko Ono
"Freedom is a concept that can be a very complicated thing."Yoko Ono
"Freedom is not given to you by anyone; you have to take it."Laurie Anderson
"The future is not predetermined."Laurie Anderson
"Forgiveness is freedom."Yoko Ono
"Freedom is the space between what is and what could be."Ryoji Ikeda
"Freedom is the space to become who you're meant to be."Jon Hopkins
"Freedom is responsibility, not just the absence of constraints."Jon Hopkins
"Freedom is found in the space between thought and action."Arca
"I choose to be authentically me."Arca
"I am the author of my story."Arca
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of revolution."John Cage
"Freedom is not something which can be imposed; it must come from within."John Cage
"To be free is to be free from fear."John Cage
"Freedom in art comes from understanding and accepting our limitations."Pauline Oliveros
"I believe in the freedom to make mistakes."Laurie Anderson
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."Yoko Ono