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World Quotes by Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono believes that when our own lives change, we can also shift the whole world. She talks about working together for world peace and using music and art to create new, shared spaces. Her words suggest that each of us can help build a kinder, more cooperative planet.

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You change the world by being yourself.

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Imagine painting all the statues in the world in the color of the sky

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

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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.

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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

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“You change the world by changing yourself.”

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World peace is one project that we have to do together.

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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole…

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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

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Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.

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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.

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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

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We don't have a particular organization, but we all want to make a world in which justice is given to each one…

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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more…

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Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker…

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I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many…

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One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet…

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I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and…

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There's nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there's a lot of women in the world who are…

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We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way.…

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Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to…

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I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made…

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Your thoughts create reality. The most pragmatic way to create world peace is to use your power of visualization. Think Peace, Act…

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Peace is here now. It's just that we don't recognize it. Let's say that 98 percent of people in the world are…

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Basically there are two types of people in the world: people who are confident because they know they have the ability to…

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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…

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Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it…

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And the more you are active about something you love, the world is going to be a better place.

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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.

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I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief for Freedom of Expression, and making all women of the world proud…

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We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we're all going to blow up together.

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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power,…

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I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it…

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The amazing thing is that we could live in the world together peacefully, feed the world, shelter the world. We have that…

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I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has…

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Society was built on male power, and women's power was... ignored is the best word to describe it I suppose, we have…

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Some people are saying there's going to be a third World War. I hope not. I really think this is a time…

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These days, DJ's are the ones who are bringing fresh sounds to the music world. In fact, they are creating a new…

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To have world peace, we all have to have a healthy understanding of what is necessary to bring World Peace. It's not…

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I'm a politician. Politics is just a convenience for our life and we just have to create a beautiful world together that…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

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…

Being alone is very difficult.

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