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- All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
- I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. — Henry David Thoreau
- So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness. — David Herbert Lawrence
- I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. — John Cage
- The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. — John Cage
- When we separate music from life we get art. — John Cage