There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
Yoko OnoI really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.
Yoko OnoI'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much.
Yoko OnoThere's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
Yoko OnoIn 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. Thereโs no precedent for this kind of society so we can break the old patterns.
Yoko Ono