When we separate music from life we get art.
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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.John Cage
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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
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Theres no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound.
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Food, one assumes, provides nourishment but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction.
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