Yayoi Kusama Quotes
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
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I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
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We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.
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I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
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I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.
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I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life. Like a dancer is always trying to fly, really - to do something that's just not possible. But you try to do as much as you can within those physical boundaries.
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The Internet is just a bunch of servers and broadband cables and routers that traffic data around the world. But I think now the Internet is starting to become an entity that society views as a human thing.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
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Some of the best art in the world is collaborative, a mix of voices that are stronger together than separate. Take the Beatles, for example. Or every great movie ever made. We like to say they're the director's vision, but really, they're huge collaborations between directors, writers, actors, even producers.
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Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists...it is fundamental that justice should be the same, in substance and availability, without regard to economic status.
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I don't like when a song goes from one mood to another unless it's going to be out of sight.
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If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.
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When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.
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I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
