Schoenberg always complained that his American pupils didn't do enough work. There was one girl in the class in particular who, it is true, did almost no work at all. He asked her one day why she didn't accomplish more. She said, "I don't have any time." He said, "How many hours are there in the day?" She said, "Twenty-four." He said, "Nonsense: there are as many hours in a day as you put into it." [ John Cage . Indeterminacy . 62 ]
Schoenberg always complained that his American pupils didn't do enough work.
There was one girl in the class in particular who, it is true, did almost no work at all.
He asked her one day why she didn't accomplish more.
She said, "I don't have any time." He said, "How many hours are there in the day?" She said, "Twenty-four."
He said, "Nonsense: there are as many hours in a day as you put into it."
[ John Cage . Indeterminacy . 62 ]
Ah the hours in a day -- if