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John Cage Quotes: Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not fear its loss.
         

Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not fear its loss.


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I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.



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Good music can act as a guide to good living.



Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

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This page presents the quote "Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not fear its loss.". Author of this quote is John Cage. This quote is about delight, poetry, needs, fear, realization, loss,.