"Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the given material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control."

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Source : "Classic Essays on Twentieth-century Music: A Continuing Symposium". Book by Richard Kostelanetz, ‎Joseph Darby, ‎Matthew Santa, 1996.

Earle Brown

#Art Quotes #Degrees Quotes #Cages Quotes

“Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them that sit in darkness?”
“It is not just that we exist and God has always existed, it is also that God necessarily exists in an infinitely better, stronger, more excellent way. The difference between God's being and ours is more than the difference between the sun and a candle, more than the difference between the ocean and a raindrop... God's being is qualitatively different.”

Source : Wayne A. Grudem (2009). “Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine”, p.148, Harper Collins
“We are all shaped by the tools we use, in particular: the formalisms we use shape our thinking habits, for better or for worse, and that means that we have to be very careful in the choice of what we learn and teach, for unlearning is not really possible.”
“Valentines Day is the Super Bowl of relationships. If you're alone that night you didn't make the cut.”
“Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.”
“My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.”

Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams (1848). “Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams”, p.95
“I'm a warrior for the middle class.”
“Of course it is,â€™ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; â€˜thereâ€™s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that isâ€“ â€œThe more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.”

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