Life Quotes

Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.

Yayoi Kusama

I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.

Yayoi Kusama

I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.

Yayoi Kusama

I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw.

Yayoi Kusama

Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.

Yayoi Kusama

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

Yousuf Karsh

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.

Yousuf Karsh

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

Yousuf Karsh

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

Yuna Kim

The Vancouver Olympics was the first competition where I completed the short and free programs without any mistakes, and that in itself was a huge achievement.

Yuna Kim

I have been compared to Mao since we were both junior skaters. We've felt the rivalry since then, so we wanted to avoid each other. However, she has been my motivation.

Yuna Kim

When I came back on the rink in 2012, I set a goal of wrapping up my career well rather than just winning medals. I'm not preparing for any special skills for Sochi because I don't feel like they are necessary.

Yuna Kim

I'm not feeling much pressure for the Olympics because I think I already have done many things in my career. I will try to enjoy my second Olympics.

Yuna Kim

If I walk in the street in Korea, I am recognized.

Yuna Kim

It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.

Yusef Komunyakaa

I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.

Yusef Komunyakaa

It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.

Yusef Komunyakaa

And yet we were very much alike; we’d lost our souls, and we were ready to destroy others.

Yasmina Khadra

Life is a form of continuous sufferings and lies.

Yahia Kareem

Writing is like running away. Running away to a place you made with your own hand.

YKRaikou

Freedom is taking control of the rudder of your life.

Yukito Kishiro