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