Yoko Ono Quotes
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You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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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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There is a saying that a glass is half empty or half full, depending on how you look at it. Well, we all know that one. But we cannot just say, okay so half full is how we should look at things. No. We have to go even further in our observation and realize that the glass is actually 100 percent full: 50 percent with water and 50 percent with air.
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Art for me is like breathing.
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I never thought I would go into the dance charts.
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You can be very wild and still be very wise.
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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
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The opposite of love is fear, not hate.
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When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.
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Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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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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When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
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The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
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I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief for Freedom of Expression, and making all women of the world proud to be women.
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I dedicate this light tower to John Lennon my love for you is forever yoko ono October 9th 2007
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'
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If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you.