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I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Artist
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Peace Activist
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City of Tokyo
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Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.
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