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You change the world by being yourself.

Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been re...

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Write down everything you fear in life.Burn it.Pour herbal oil with a sweet scent on the ashes.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings

Imagine the clouds drippingDig a hole in your garden to put them in

Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

We live too long for one marriage.

The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're her...

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When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.

There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and so...

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Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scare...

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I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends...

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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.

I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said...

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Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive...

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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Aut...

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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. N...

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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.

Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that...

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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko,...

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If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look...

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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

Being alone is very difficult.

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would n...

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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, tak...

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When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

When all that hate energy was focused on me it was transformed into a fantastic energy. It was supp...

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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get b...

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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to ...

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You are waterI’m waterwe’re all water in different containersthat’s why it’s so easy to meetsomeday ...

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In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against t...

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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and s...

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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selectio...

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When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helpi...

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I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did...

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After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.

I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, whic...

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Every drop in the ocean counts.

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

Art is my life and my life is art.

I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communicati...

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I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breakin...

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The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean ...

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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.

There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugg...

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I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to mu...

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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite...

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This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being...

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I trust myself. You need that to survive.

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

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Yoko Ono

Artist

Born: 1933-02-18

Died: N/A

Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ Ono Yōko, kanji: 小野洋子) (born 18 February 1933) is a Japanese-American avant-garde artist and musician, famous for her marriage and collaborations with John Lennon as well as for her solo work.More