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## Earle Brown quotes

1. > 'Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.'

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## Also attributed

1. > It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
2. > There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
3. > I'm convinced that in a healthy society, artistic norms should be constantly under question which is not of course, to deny the need for continuity.
4. > What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

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