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
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.
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?
war artist sides
When you go to war, both sides lose totally.
girl country war
In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
powerful war simple
The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
war thinking vietnam
In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?
war thinking people
People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
battle
(When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow,
cover songs
they always cover Paul's songs and never mine.
created travel
I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'
grand knowing thank
Thank you George, it was grand knowing you.
aid beauty best boon cosmetics man
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man
answer destroy hated health life ruin
I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
art creating music
My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.