Yoko Ono Quotes

I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to bring children together from Israeli and Palestinian communities to find commonality in music as a very powerful and effective beginning towards Peace.

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

Your thoughts create reality. The most pragmatic way to create world peace is to use your power of visualization. Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace, Imagine Peace. Your thoughts will soon cover the planet. The most important thing is to believe in your power. It works.

You can't love someone unless you are in an equal position with them. A lot of women have to cling to men out of fear or insecurity, and that's not love - basically that's why women hate men.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Tell the Earth how much you care, how beautiful she is, and how much you love her. Ask for her forgiveness for having been so careless.

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

We don't read people's wishes. The wishes are suppose to be direct communication to the Universe. Your interception will weaken the power of the wish.

Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.

I never wanted to be a professional artist; I think that's limiting.

I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.

Look at yourself in the mirror and don't be afraid to notice how beautiful you are.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

I never went to art school and I never thought of going to an art school. It was just a way of manifesting these ideas I had. Ideas came to me that I needed to express.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.

Listen to the sound of the earth turning.

When you go on a stage, before you go on a stage you're really scared and you're really frightened. You don't know what to do. "Why did I say yes to this?" But once you're on the stage you think, "Okay."

We mustn't be traditional in the way we communicate with people - especially with the Establishment. We should surprise people by saying new things in an entirely new way. Communication of that sort can have a fantastic power so long as you don't do only what they expect you to do.

You can be very wild and still be very wise

I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.

In a way the new music showed things could be transformed by new channels of communication.

I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.

I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.

If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

We are very lucky really, because we can create our own reality, John [Lennon] and me, but we know the important thing is to communicate with other people.

I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.

The universe is a space bigger than all of us we are part of.

All wishes create an upswing line when it is manifested. Therefore, together, it becomes an incredible upswing of power, whatever you wished. Of course, the more high level wishes, which covers the whole human race is stronger than wishing for getting ice cream for your dessert!

If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.

We're all water from different rivers, That's why it's so easy to meet, We're all water in this vast, vast ocean, Someday we'll evaporate together.

Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.

I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist", which is true.

Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.

We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled.

I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.

One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance!

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.

Art for me is like breathing.

This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.

Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?

When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.

Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to my gallery shows, because they say I am a musician.

What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And just when I felt I could finally take a break, I encounter the age discrimination. I turned 72 and started noticing a drastic difference in people's attitudes. I started with racism and sexism in the beginning and fought them so hard and was finally ready to relax. Then, here comes ageism, and I feel like, "Give me a break!"

You can't dance if you got too much muck in your head.