Yoko Ono

Artist, Musician, Activist

Yoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist and peace activist known for her avant-garde art and influential role in the anti-war movement.

Born
February 18, 1933
Quotes
356
Rank
#577

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"We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us."

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"We know that our cells are speaking to each other."

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"The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk."

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"Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity."

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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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"I saw sorrow turning into clarity."

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"Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes."

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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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"Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch."

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"Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire."

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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 wonder why men can get serious at all. They have this delicate long thing hanging outside their bodies, which goes up and down by its own will. First of all, having it outside your body is terribly dangerous. If I were a man I would have a fantastic castration complex to the point that I wouldn't be able to do a thing. Second, the inconsistency of it, like carrying a chance time alarm or something. If I were a man I would always be laughing at myself."

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"We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians."

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"Artists are magicians and I definitely think John Lennon was a Wizard."

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"John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet."

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"Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting."

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"When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect pitch and harmony and how to write music and all that. At that time, one of the homeworks was to listen to all the sounds and the noise of a day and transfer that into musical notes."

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"The people have got to trust in themselves."

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"If I hear dance music, my body starts to move. Whatever the dance music is, I can't help it. With all that, I still felt, well, rock is a little higher art, but it wasn't. Right now, because I have so much experience with dance charts, I started to realize that it's incredible art. This is going to be known one day as high art."

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