“Movement is most of what a bird is. When they're dead, they're only feathers and air.”
“This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.”
“I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.”
“Artists talk a lot about freedom. So, recalling the expression "free as a bird," Morton Feldman went to a park one day and spent some time watching our feathered friends. When he came back, he said, "You know? They're not free: they're fighting over bits of food.”
“The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.”
“There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!”