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John Cage Quotes and Quotations
Theatre takes place all the time wherever one is and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case. Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better. I am convinced...that provided the ear be at length made amends, there are few dissonances too strong for it. Disharmony, to paraphrase Bergson's statement about disorder, is simply a harmony to which many are unaccustomed. It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else. We are involved in a life that passes understanding: our highest business is our daily life. To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. Ideas are one thing, and what happens is another. An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality. An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality. To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. |