I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an internet collection of quotations
-- John Cage, (Sep 5 1912-1992), US composer, poet, essayist, painter, pianist; His avante-garde, inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas, e.g. with 12-tone scales, profoundly influenced mid-20th-century music.