"I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live."

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Source : Yayoi Kusama (2013). “Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama”, p.60, Tate Enterprises Ltd

Yayoi Kusama

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“Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to show them the way.”
“Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, "BAH!" just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway...”
“There was a lot really awful about that time [in fifties] if you were gay.”

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“I mean, I had fast motor cars and fast motor bikes, and when I wasn't crashing airplanes, I was crashing motor bikes. It's all part of the game.”
“I feel lucky that I didn't have to give up music in exchange for getting clean. I wouldn't recommend that anyone else continue to DJ while they're getting clean.”

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“For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness.”
“I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay claim to some extraordinary act of originality, truth is I'm only taking advantage of capabilities inherent in everyone.”
“Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.”

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