Yoko Ono
86 quotes
Biography
"Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life."
"My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music."
"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."
"Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity."
"Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying."
"Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting."
"There is a saying that a glass is half empty or half full, depending on how you look at it. Well, we all know that one. But we cannot just say, okay so half full is how we should look at things. No. We have to go even further in our observation and realize that the glass is actually 100 percent full: 50 percent with water and 50 percent with air."
"If Lennon were alive today, he probably would have reconciled with the man he accused of having "made a fool of everyone." John would have been the first one now, if he had been there, to recognise and acknowledge what Maharishi has done for the world and appreciate it."
"John and I felt that we were like people in an H. G. Wells story. Two people who are walking so fast that nobody else can see them."
"In a day, sometimes I feel so much love for the world, I think my heart is bursting. Sometimes, I feel so scared, I want to shrink myself even further. I think that’s what happened to us gods and goddesses. Like the dinosaurs, we realized that it’s too dangerous to be so large. So we kept shrinking ourselves to what we are now. We might get even smaller. I see the sign in the engineers making smaller gadgets, smaller and smaller. Pretty soon, our fingers will be too large to operate them. So what are we doing? I trust in the human wisdom. We are incredibly intelligent beings. So we might know something without thinking that we know…. Well, even my best friend didn’t know until now that I was thinking of crazy things like this."
"I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief for Freedom of Expression, and making all women of the world proud to be women."
"Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it."
"Remember, our hearts are one. Even when we are at war with each other, our hearts are always beating in unison."
"If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you."
"The opposite of love is fear, not hate."
"My biography now reads, "Born, lived and met Yoko.""
"Woman, please let me explain I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain So let me tell you again and again and again... I love you Now and forever."
"I learned everything from her. … It is a teacher-pupil relationship. That's what people don't understand. She's the teacher and I'm the pupil. I'm the famous one, the one who's supposed to know everything, but she's my teacher. She's taught me everything I fucking know."
"Being alone is very difficult."
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality."
"Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity."
"I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive."
"When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all."
"Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think."
"If your life changes, we can change the world, too."