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" We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children. "
Yoko Ono
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" 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. "
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