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Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism. Tristan Tzara

Work Art Journalism Understood Any Product

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners. Vincent Van Gogh

Corners Drawings See Hut Dirtiest Pictures Poorest

I've always loved the idea that you think you know what you're looking at from a distance, yet when you come up close, it gets intricate and nutty and obscene and provocative. Wangechi Mutu

You Looking Think Distance Nutty Intricate Obscene Idea Come Know Always Up Provocative Close Gets Loved

There is no must in art because art is free. Wassily Kandinsky

Art Free Must Because

Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated. Wassily Kandinsky

Work Art Age Culture Emotions Mother Own Every Our Follows Cases Never Period Repeated Child Which Produces Many Each

It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with. William T. Wiley

Communication Yourself Communicate Speak Possibilities Only Like Terms Concepts Confine Available Languages English Why Image

I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world. Yayoi Kusama

Hope Peace World Throughout Forever Contribute Thing Royalty

Since my childhood, I have always made works with polka dots. Earth, moon, sun and human beings all represent dots; a single particle among billions. Yayoi Kusama

Moon Made Single Earth Sun Since Particle Always Represent Childhood Human Human Beings Dots Billions Works Beings Among

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation. Yayoi Kusama

Dreams Great Made Giving Creation Other Our Great Place True New Come Ideas Concepts Making York Artistic Artists New York Realise Place Us Presentation Chance

If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk. Yoko Ono

You People Walk Sky Too Other Constantly Park Head Empty Am Quotes Create Your Many Keep Why Enjoying

I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it. Yoko Ono

When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows. Yoko Ono

Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting. Yoko Ono

Future Art Broadway One Line Restricted More Casual Performance Performance Art Like Line Going Just Just One Interesting Thing Plays

I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper. Yoko Ono

Say Something Like Wallpaper Artists Who

When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining. Yoko Ono

Work People Feel Like Understand Explaining

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him. Yoko Ono

Day Every Day Try Every Think John Only Him Block December

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one. Yoko Ono

Life Good Only Make Sure Want

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