--- title: "5 Communicate Quotes By Yoko Ono" description: "5 Communicate quotes by Yoko Ono. Plus more from Yoko Ono and more Communicate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/yoko-ono-726_communicate_we-mustn-t-be-traditional-in-the-way-we_447001.png" --- > [We mustn't be traditional in the way we communicate with people - especially with the Establishment. We should surprise people by saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/we-mustn-t-be-traditional-in-the-way-we-communicate-with-people/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/yoko-ono-726_communicate_we-mustn-t-be-traditional-in-the-way-we_447001.png) > [you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/you-don-t-need-talent-to-be-an-artist-artist-is-just-a-frame-of-mind/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/yoko-ono-726_artist_you-don-t-need-talent-to-be-an-artist-ar_1321352.png) > [ We are very lucky really, because we can create our own reality, John \[Lennon\] and me, but we know the important thing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/we-are-very-lucky-really-because-we-can-create-our-own-reality-john/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/yoko-ono-726_communicate_we-are-very-lucky-really-because-we-can_1549048.png) > [Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/beatles-was-20th-century-folksong-in-the-framework-of-capitalism-they/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/yoko-ono-726_20th-century_beatles-was-20th-century-folksong-in-the_2860358.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 Communicate ## 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/communicate/yoko-ono/#itemlist", "name": "5 Communicate Quotes By Yoko Ono", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We mustn't be traditional in the way we communicate with people - especially with the Establishment. 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