Quotes by Yoko Ono

About Yoko Ono:

Yoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer and peace activist who is also known for her work in avant-garde art, music, and filmmaking. She is the widow and second wife of John Lennon.
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Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?

Yoko Ono

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

Yoko Ono

If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk.

Yoko Ono

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

Yoko Ono

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.

Yoko Ono

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

Yoko Ono

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

Yoko Ono

I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.

Yoko Ono

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.

Yoko Ono

I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.

Yoko Ono

All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.

Yoko Ono

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

Yoko Ono

Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.

Yoko Ono

I don't have a goal. I don't limit myself to a goal.

Yoko Ono

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

Yoko Ono

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

Yoko Ono

I never thought I would go into the dance charts.

Yoko Ono

I must say that I always thought I had a voice, even when I was 4 years old.

Yoko Ono

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

Yoko Ono

We know that our cells are speaking to each other.

Yoko Ono

Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.

Yoko Ono

Author Bio

  • NameYoko Ono
  • DescriptionJapanese artist, author, and peace activist
  • AliasesY?ko Ono; Ono Y?ko; Ono Yoko
  • BornFebruary 18, 1933
  • CountryJapan
  • ProfessionPeace Activist; Film Director; Singer; Musician; Artist; Composer; Sound Artist
  • WorksWish Tree For Washington, DC