Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.
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When we separate music from life we get art.John Cage
I have nothing to say And I am saying it And that is poetry
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Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation
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Beware of losing what isn't in your head.
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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
John Cage
The grand thing about the human mind is that it can turn its own tables and see meaninglessness as ultimate meaning
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