People are always saying that the
East is the East and the West
is the West and you have to keep
from mixing them up.
When I first began to study Oriental
philosophy, I also worried
about whether it was mine to study.
I don’t worry any
more about that. At
Darmstadt I was talking about
the reason back of pulverization
and fragmentation:
for instance, using
syllables instead of words in a vocal
text, letters instead
of syllables. I
said, “We take things
apart in order that they may
become the Buddha.
And if that seems too Oriental
an idea for you,” I said,
“Remember the early Christian
Gnostic statement, ‘Split
the stick and there is Jesus!’ ”
- John Cage
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