“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them.” PeopleThinkingKindMalesVersionsWitchWizardsWitchcraft Author:Yoko Ono
“Love is an incredibly strong thing, it goes everywhere, it's like water, you can't stop it. Love, once you have it, once you create a kind of pathway for it to come out, it just keeps on coming out.” KindStrongWaterLove IsComing OutPathways Author:Yoko Ono
“I'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much.” KindSoupSweaters Author:Yoko Ono
“I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.” ThinkingTryingKindUseCertainSimpleDivineAmbitionHarmonyComplexesRhythmAlways Trying Author:Yoko Ono
“Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.” WorldKindArtSometimesWholeActivityScientistWhole World Author:Yoko Ono
“Every time I create something, just before that there's a kind of - you're feeling very low, you're feeling very down and insecure. Then you create and then it's fine. This is the way I observe me doing it.” WayKindFeelingsFineLowsDown AndInsecure Author:Yoko Ono
“We created a thing called culture and civilization, and now we're about to lose it because we're trying to destroy everything. And I kind of miss it. I miss culture and civilization.” TryingKindCultureLosesMissingCivilization Author:Yoko Ono
“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.” ThinkingMenHumansKindMeanShowsWantedRaceGenerationsHe ManMalesHuman RaceNew Generation Author:Yoko Ono
“Be kind to yourself this evening. Buy something for yourself. Treat yourself to a meal. Look in the mirror and give yourself a smile” GivingLooksKindSelf LoveTreatsMirrorsEveningMealsBe KindLove YourselfTreat YourselfBe Kind To YourselfLook At Yourself In The Mirror Author:Yoko Ono
“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.” ShouldYearsKindDifferentAgeBreakFiveCommunicationTraditionEverydayPatternsFive YearsRapidsPrecedent Author:Yoko Ono
“I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.” KindAnimalPowerfulDragonsHonoredVery Powerful Author:Yoko Ono
“The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.” WorldKindArtAcceptingMy TimeArt World Author:Yoko Ono
“Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.” WayKindRealArtistSocialRevolutionIndustryMusic IsClimateBeing RealSevereReally GreatCompelledMusic IndustryComplyingIndie Music Author:Yoko Ono
“In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.” PeopleKnowsWantKindStillsArtistCoursesRocksFieldsJazzPopsTerritoryProtectiveAvant Garde Author:Yoko Ono
“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them. It's the male chauvinistic society that we're living in for the longest time, 3,000 years or whatever. And so I just wanted to point out the fact that men and women are magical beings. We are very blessed that way, so I'm just bringing that out. Don't be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.” PeopleThinkingMenWayShouldYearsKindFactsWantedMen And WomenAppreciateBlessedMalesScaredVersionsWitchWizardsGood Witch Author:Yoko Ono
