One day when the windows were open, Christian Wolff played one of his pieces at the piano. Sounds of traffic, boat horns, were heard not only during the silences in the music, but, being louder, were more easily heard than the piano sounds themselves. Afterward, someone asked Christian Wolff to play the piece again with the windows closed. Christian Wolff said he’d be glad to, but that it wasn’t really necessary, since the sounds of the environment were in no sense an interruption of those of the music.
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all, but very interesting. - John Cage
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__The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the
manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words,
you can control the people who must use the words.-Philp K. Dick
Twine, Autechre, Broadcast, Pinback, Stereolab, John Cage, Steve Reich, Howard Shore, etc . . .
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Schoenberg always complained that his American pupils didn’t do enough work.There was one girl in the class in particular who, it is true, did almost no work at all. He asked her one day why she didn’t accomplish more. She said, “I don’t have any time.†He said, “How many hours are there in the day?†She said, “Twenty-four.†He said, “Nonsense: there are as many hours in a day as you put into it.â€
VALIS - Philip K. DIck
Silence - John Cage
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
29 inches - Mark Amerika
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.