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 should ifs
You should do something that will make your heart dance once a day. If you can't do that because you're too depressed, then do something that will make somebody else's heart dance.
war night color
If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.
thinking negative situation
When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.
easy i-can
All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
war thinking people
Some people are saying there's going to be a third World War. I hope not. I really think this is a time that people can start to mend things by negotiations, dealings. We know about dealings, don't we? We have brilliant lawyers. Why don't we have brilliant lawyers standing up and working for peace?
art children powerful
I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to bring children together from Israeli and Palestinian communities to find commonality in music as a very powerful and effective beginning towards Peace.
beautiful growing-up thinking
We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
art breathing choke
Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
bed-of-roses widows bears
Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.
beautiful care earth
Tell the Earth how much you care, how beautiful she is, and how much you love her. Ask for her forgiveness for having been so careless.
lying liars faces
Faces can lie. Backsides can't.
color sky world
Imagine painting all the statues in the world in the color of the sky
thinking giving people
I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.
block thinking artist
I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.