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I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
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Watch the sun until it comes into your body and stays as a tiny sun. It will keep your face shining even in the coldest of winter.
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Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished.
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