Yoko Ono Quotes
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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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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Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.
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We know that our cells are speaking to each other.
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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.
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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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True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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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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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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I'm not going to doubt my life.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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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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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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Life with another person is always difficult.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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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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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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Being alone is very difficult.
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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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The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.