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There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.
There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.
Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
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- John Cage
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- Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
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