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
different emotion sometimes
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
thinking choices vietnam
I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries perpetuating itself.
beauty girl men
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.
daughter pain heart
Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
garden clouds imagine
Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in
art cutting ideas
The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half and the seed of an apple in half in put those two halves together and planted the seed, hoping a very strange tree might grow. And I never stopped.
thinking black might
It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
thinking differences bigs
I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.
confused confusion people
Confusion has become a state of mind, more of less; we're trained to be confused. Quite simply, the people in power are keeping us down, keeping us docile and keeping us consuming with this confusion. It's a cultural confusion and it is deliberate.
thinking artist decision
I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.
giving one-day chance
Give peace a chance and let's hope that one day we will all live in peace.
art breathing
Art for me is like breathing.
important life-is private-life
Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
men suffering feminism
There's nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there's a lot of women in the world who are suffering because the fact is we're not equal. It's as plain as that. It's still a men's world. I don't know. We'll go on with it.