Yoko Ono Quotes
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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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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.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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I'm not going to doubt my life.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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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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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.
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We know that our cells are speaking to each other.
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When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.
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Being alone is very difficult.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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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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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.