Parenting Quotes by Yoko Ono

11 Parenting quotes by Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono offers a handful of meditative lines on the art of parenting. Her perspective blends the personal with the universal, giving you a gentle pause to consider the deeper currents beneath everyday moments.

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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right' Sean's doing his own thing.

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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.

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Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'

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Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.

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I often wish my mother had died so that at least I could get some people's sympathy. But there she was, a…

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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.

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When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch…

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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

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I'm not giving any guidance, OK. I mean, you know, mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right? Anyway, so he's [Sean]…

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When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect…

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Perhaps one feels more pain when parents are there. It's like when you're hungry, you know, it's worse to get a symbol…

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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

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Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.

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If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

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When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible

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True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.

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The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half…

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John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.

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I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually…

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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

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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…

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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

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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…

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Being alone is very difficult.

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Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.

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