Yoko Ono Quotes

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Yoko Ono, born on February 18, 1933, is a Japanese-born American artist, musician, and peace activist. She is known for her unique artistic style and contributions to music, visual art, and performance art.

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Famous Yoko Ono Quotes

“It's difficult to explain love. You want to explain water? You need a book for it. There are many different ways to explain what water is. Love is big, it's very big. I know that I have tons of it. But maybe we don't want to open up so much, and we think, maybe we don't have so much, but yes, you know that you have tons of love. We all do. Through that love we can connect, we can heal each other, we can make people, all of us, happy, joyful, and make a better world.”

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“Peace is here now. It's just that we don't recognize it. Let's say that 98 percent of people in the world are wanting peace. Now people say, even people from Siberia? Yes. We want world peace. The two percent is really tying to mess it up. It's so sad in a way, because by messing it up what are they going to get? Their children are going to suffer, their grandchildren are going to suffer, and they might even die before something gets good.”

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“I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn't be frightened of creating themselves - that's why I make things very open, with things for people to do.”

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“I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.”

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“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.”

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“We don't have a particular organization, but we all want to make a world in which justice is given to each one of us.”

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“I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.”

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“True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.”

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“I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.”

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“I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'”

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“I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.”

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“My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.”

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“I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.”

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“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.”

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“The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.”

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“See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.”

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“If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.”

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“I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.”

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About the Author

Born: February 18, 1933
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 363

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