Yoko Ono

"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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Source: Yoko Ono (1970). “Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono”, p.280, Simon and Schuster

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Yoko Ono

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.

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