Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Onois a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist who is also known for her work in performance art, music, and filmmaking. She is the widow and second wife of singer-songwriter John Lennon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 February 1933
CityTokyo, Japan
CountryUnited States of America
heart air ice
Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way, and play the game of life with your heart?
emotion energetic
Anger is an emotion that is very energetic. It is an ideal emotion to turn it around to make it work as a positive force.
art effort half
Art is an effort to make you walk a half an inch above ground.
fall evening-light transparent
Stand in the evening light until you become transparent or until you fall asleep.
controversy touch-me shaking
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love, I'm shaking inside.
way scared truth-comes-out
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.
simplicity complexity
Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it.
love-is giving
Love is what I give to the one I love.
art memories believe
Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited. I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a necessity -- a function. We don't need history.
artist mind needs
you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.
hate love-is opposites
The opposite of love is fear, not hate.
careers nine months
When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.
reality people important
We are very lucky really, because we can create our own reality, John [Lennon] and me, but we know the important thing is to communicate with other people.
people explaining feels
When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.