The Most Brilliant Thing Ever

Designer Milton Glaser presented a speech titled "10 Things I have Learned" at the AIGA Voice Conference in 2002. In it, he quotes John Cage's brilliant advice for surviving old age:

You know, I do know how to prepare for old age. Never have a job, because if you have a job someday someone will take it away from you and then you will be unprepared for your old age. For me, it has always been the same every since the age of 12. I wake up in the morning and I try to figure out how am I going to put bread on the table today? It is the same at 75, I wake up every morning and I think how am I going to put bread on the table today? I am exceeding well prepared for my old age.

damn straight.

the rest of the speech is worth reading, too.