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The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.

Daisaku Ikeda

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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Break
Art
Power
Shackles
Human
Bind
Humans
Divide
Divides
Beings
Creativity

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