Indeterminacy 172

One of Mies van der
Rohe’s pupils, a girl,
came to
him and said,
“I have
difficulty studying with you
because you
don’t leave any room for
self-expression.”

He asked her whether
she had a pen with
her.
She did.


He said,
“Sign your name.”
She did.


He said,
“That’s what I
call self-expression.”

- John Cage