[silence] Cage quote about translation

[John McDonough]

That's from an interview he did called "Laughtears" for his  
Roaratorio. The interviewer was remarking that James Joyce's Finegans  
Wake will never be translated into German or French, when Cage said  
"I think more and more we need a language in the world which doesn't  
require translation, so that we can all learn to speak the same  
language."

The full interview is available on the Mode recording of John Cage's  
Roaratorio, which, though highly recommended, is probably OOP.

On Jul 21, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Alan Stones wrote:

> Dear All,
> I'm trying to find the source of a quote attributed to Cage regarding
> translation which as far as I can tell goes:
>
> "I believe more and more that we need a language that manages without
> translation."
>
> Anybody able to give me a source/context for this or any other
> information?
> I'm interested in Cage's ideas about cross-arts ideas and inspiration.
>
> With thanks in advance,
> Alan
>
> www.alanstones.net
>
>
>
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