4' 33" (1952). John Cage /random quotes/

Recent random quotes on John Cage:

We could get away with this because our theme was "Are You Crazy?" -- and we could say Cage was crazy for writing silent music, while Webern was crazy for writing short pieces. Greg Sandow

Thirty or so years ago, the composer John Cage proposed a different sort of battle strategy: Take the heads of warring nations, give each a 25kg sack of horse manure, lock them in a room, and let them fight it out. David L Ulin

"Mine is a much better silent piece," Batt declared. "I have been able to say in one minute what Cage could only say in four minutes and thirty-three seconds." Henry Kisor

Hawkins set the various scenes to compositions by Arthur Levering, John Cage (his dreamy "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano''), Ward Hartenstein and Barry Hall. Theodore Bale

Had John Cage's famous silent piece "4'33" " been in her repertoire, she could have played it without the piano. Wilma Salisbury

And how, then, do you categorise such iconic figures as John Cage or Steve Reich, never mind the more recent proliferation of mongrel kids? Kenneth Walton

Johnson reportedly slowed his progress through the backwoods of the Deep South by constantly stopping his convertible to make agonised telephone calls to the composer John Cage, his current amour, in Manhattan. Times Online
 
Trier says besides using his common ordinary hands with the CMU Percussion Ensemble he also plays marimba, "gong things," timpani, a generator for a John Cage piece, you name it. Janet Martineau

Cage was one of those whacked out white guys whose white-skin privilege gave him the luxury of being whacked out. (Not unlike a certain 8-Miler we all know and love.) Gentle Jones

Beside the Laurie Anderson exhibition, the celebrated composer Kevin Volans will give a series of lectures on contemporary music, discussing among other things Jasper Johns’ connections with John Cage. ArtDaily.com