Carolina QuotesThere is one term of the problem which you are not taking into account: precisely, the world. The real. You say: the real, the world as it is. But it is not, it becomes! It moves, it changes! It doesn’t wait for us to change.. .It is more mobile than you can imagine. You are getting closer to this reality when you say as it 'presents itself'; that means that it is not there, existing as an object. The world, the real is not an object. It is a process.
John Cage Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Quote in 'John Cage, For the Birds: John Cage In Conversation with Daniel Charles', London/New York: Marion Boyars, 1981; as quoted in: 'Tàpies: From Within', June ─ November, 2013 - Presse Release, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC ), p. 17, note 10
- year
- 1981
- locator
- p. 17
Cite this record
“There is one term of the problem which you are not taking in…” John Cage. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9454722C43. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9454722c43
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Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music.
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