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I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn't be frightened of creating themselves - that's why I make things very open, with things for people to do.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Artist
Composer
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Musician
Painter
Peace Activist
Performance Artist
Photographer
Recording Artist
Sculptor
City of Tokyo
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Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know.
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Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
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You have to release your emotion in order to keep your sanity.
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My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.
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