--- title: "4 Breathing Quotes By Yoko Ono" description: "4 Breathing quotes by Yoko Ono. Plus more from Yoko Ono and more Breathing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/yoko-ono-726_art_art-for-me-is-like-breathing-907800_907800.png" --- > [Art for me is like breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/art-for-me-is-like-breathing/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/yoko-ono-726_art_art-for-me-is-like-breathing-907800_907800.png) > [Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/art-is-like-breathing-for-me-if-i-don-t-do-it-i-start-to-choke/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/yoko-ono-726_art_art-is-like-breathing-for-me-if-i-don-t_2269223.png) > [Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/art-for-me-is-like-breathing-when-i-stop-breathing-what-happens/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/yoko-ono-726_art_art-for-me-is-like-breathing-when-i-stop_3162981.png) > [I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/i-think-something-that-s-very-important-for-us-to-communicate-is/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/yoko-ono-726_breathe_i-think-something-that-s-very-important_3201066.jpg) ## Other authors on Breathing - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/nhat-hanh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-levithan-27694.jpg) David Levithan 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/david-levithan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-marie-moning-55113.jpg) Karen Marie Moning 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/karen-marie-moning/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/deepak-chopra/) - [Rebecca Donovan 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/rebecca-donovan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-weil-13094.jpg) Andrew Weil 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/andrew-weil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-wordsworth-96037.jpg) William Wordsworth 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/william-wordsworth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-oliver-65135.jpg) Mary Oliver 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/mary-oliver/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ilchi-lee-43191.jpg) Ilchi Lee 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/ilchi-lee/) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/our-public-officials-have-forgotten-that-they-are-ultimately/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/smile-in-the-mirror-do-that-every-morning-and-you-ll-start-to-see-a/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/think-of-the-earth-as-a-turning-point-in-eternity-think-of-the-earth/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [If your life changes, we can change the world, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/if-your-life-changes-we-can-change-the-world-too/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [ When people get cynical about love, they should look at us \[Yoko and John Lennon\] and see it is possible ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/when-people-get-cynical-about-love-they-should-look-at-us-yoko-and/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/true-artists-are-prophets-i-don-t-want-to-be-that-prophetic-in-that/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/the-first-idea-the-first-art-piece-i-ever-did-was-when-i-was-four-i/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/john-wrote-with-a-very-deep-love-for-the-human-race-and-a-concern-for/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/i-always-believed-that-my-work-should-be-unfinished-in-the-sense-that/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/losing-my-daughter-was-a-very-serious-pain-there-was-always-some/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/people-don-t-remember-each-tree-in-a-park-but-all-of-us-benefit-from/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/marriage-is-a-gamble-let-s-be-honest/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [It's difficult to explain love. You want to explain water? You need a book for it. There are many different ways to explain what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/it-s-difficult-to-explain-love-you-want-to-explain-water-you-need-a/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Being alone is very difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/being-alone-is-very-difficult/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/many-people-do-remember-their-births-but-they-deny-it/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/yoko-ono/#itemlist", "name": "4 Breathing Quotes By Yoko Ono", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art for me is like breathing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yoko Ono" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/art-for-me-is-like-breathing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/yoko-ono-726_art_art-for-me-is-like-breathing-907800_907800.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/yoko-ono-726_art_art-for-me-is-like-breathing-907800_907800.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/yoko-ono-726_art_art-for-me-is-like-breathing-907800_907800.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art for me is like breathing.” — Yoko Ono", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is like breathing for me. 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