Yayoi Kusama Quotes

In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.

Yayoi Kusama

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: March 22, 1929

Topics

HomeArtBookAmericanInformation

Everything matters. Time is precious.

Jessica Hagedorn

TimeMattersEverythingPrecious

If nature offers no home, then we must make a home one way or another. The only question is how.

John Burnside

NatureHomeWayQuestionMustOnly

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.

Stephen Leacock

PositiveNegativeElectricityMore

When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.

Stephen Sondheim

CharacterWritingSongTry

I try not to think too much about an audience when I'm writing the first draft of a book - at that stage, the prospect of anyone reading what I've written would be enough to scare me into setting my laptop on fire.

Robin Wasserman

FireMeWritingBookReadingThink

When the citizens of Baltimore banded together to repel the British during the War of 1812, three in five were immigrants, and one in five was black - some were free, some slaves.

Martin O'Malley

TogetherWarFreeBlackImmigrants

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

Joyce Maynard

LoyaltyPersonWhoDeservesReceives

What was the most important thing I learned from Chomsky? That capitalism compels us to work ourselves to death in order to stuff our houses with things we don't need. Perhaps this is one thing art can do: create a new aesthetic, one of austerity.

Cornelia Parker

WorkArtDeathCapitalismAesthetic

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.

Brian Koslow

YourselfSurround YourselfPeopleYou

I'm the biggest Westbrook fan, I think, there is. You know what I mean? Because he reminds me so much of myself as far as his heart and laying it on the line night in and night out. Just a guy that's going to bring it every single night.

Allen Iverson

HeartMyselfMeNightThinkYou

I think my first client other than my brother was this kid named Tallent. I was charging him eight dollars an hour to record in my room. He kept coming back, then I went up to ten dollars an hour.

Syd

BrotherThinkBackFirstKidRoom

I think then, when we started receiving the first of the user feedback, feedback from people that I had not specifically told about it, but had spread from friend to friend and then they were giving us feedback.

Shawn Fanning

FriendPeopleThinkGivingFeedback

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