[silence] silence Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10

[Joseph Zitt]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Glenn Freeman <glenn@ogreogress.com> wrote:
> OK Petr.
>
> Do you think Cage was an elitist? Are you right? Would you say Cage
> performed more like Horowitz or more like Joe Schmuck? Who decides the
> results?

"This sounds very elitist, and I think I am actually an elitist. I
always have been. I didn't study music with just anybody;
I studied with Schoenberg. I didn't study Zen with just anybody; I
studied with Suzuki. I've always gone, insofar as I
could, to the president of the company."

John Cage in William Duckworth: Anything I Say Will Be Misunderstood
[1985]" Bucknell Review: John Cage at 75 33, no.2;  quoted on
page 202 of Kostelanetz: Conversing with Cage.

(found in a message in from 2003 by David Kotlowy
http://list.mail.virginia.edu/pipermail/silence/2003-April/000335.html )

>
> GF
>
> PK wrote:
>
>> To all who are reading this:
>> Say what you say, do what you please.
>> Only the results matter.
>> PK
>> (and If you think that I am elitist, then you are right. There is no
>> equality in the arts. Someone performs like Horowitz, someone
>> performs like
>> Joe Schmuck)
>
> Glenn Freeman
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