Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. – Yoko Ono
Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire. – Yoko Ono
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. – Yoko Ono
There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, ‘Hey, let’s just make money,’ because it doesn’t work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it. – Yoko Ono
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. – Yoko Ono
What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can’t do anything, but it really isn’t true. – Yoko Ono
I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven’t changed much. – Yoko Ono
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it’s about her. – Yoko Ono
I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive. – Yoko Ono
Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child. – Yoko Ono
Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us. – Yoko Ono
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. – Yoko Ono
Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don’t know why they even thought of doing it. – Yoko Ono
The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities. – Yoko Ono
I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I’m there trying to do it. – Yoko Ono
My beauty secret is… nothing! I don’t drink too much water. I don’t eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much. – Yoko Ono
There’s a long life ahead of you and it’s going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other. – Yoko Ono
