Yoko Ono Quotes

The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half and the seed of an apple in half in put those two halves together and planted the seed, hoping a very strange tree might grow. And I never stopped.

I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.

If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women is that if we try to be free, then we naturally become lonely, because so many women are willing to become slaves, and men usually prefer that.

I don't particularly consider myself just an artist. I'm a woman - I'm a human being.

The only way you can better John is by copying him exactly.

I love to work. Doing things we love is how we relax, I think.

Kill all the men you have slept with. Put the bones in a box and send it into the sea with flowers.

We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

I often wish my mother had died so that at least I could get some people's sympathy. But there she was, a perfectly beautiful mother.

I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.

You're filled with so much life. Is there any reason why all of us are not full of life?

Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.

The odds of not meeting in this life are so great that every meeting is like a miracle. It's a wonder that we don't make love to every single person we meet.

The male society is letting the men think of the women as something pretty and soft and that kind of thing. So I just wanted to show what we were. Women are the ones who actually created the human race. I mean without us bringing up the new generation, there wouldn't be a human race.

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

Most people think that I am too optimistic, but my optimism is based on the thought that negative thinking is a luxury that we can't afford.

When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?

I'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much.

World peace is one project that we have to do together.

In the present age when communication is so rapid, we should create a different tradition, traditions are created everyday. Five years now is like 100 years before. We are living in a society that has no history. There’s no precedent for this kind of society so we can break the old patterns.

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.

All I’m saying is that perhaps we can make a revolution without violence.

But think of the violence, it could happen to your kids.

You should do something that will make your heart dance once a day. If you can't do that because you're too depressed, then do something that will make somebody else's heart dance.

You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.

I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

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

When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.

Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.

Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

Remember love. Remember our hearts are one. Even when we are fighting with each other, our hearts are beating in unison. I love you.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.

I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.

My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.

I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life.

Not being appreciated for 40 years or something ... It feels like I was accused of something that I didn't do, which was breaking up the Beatles. That was like being somebody who is in prison without having done anything wrong.

My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.

I have to be pretty inclusive. I have to be pretty much inside of me rather than going out and finding out what people are doing. I don't have the time to. I just listen to my mind, in a way.

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

Confusion has become a state of mind, more of less; we're trained to be confused. Quite simply, the people in power are keeping us down, keeping us docile and keeping us consuming with this confusion. It's a cultural confusion and it is deliberate.