Yoko Ono

If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

— Yoko Ono

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

— 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…

— Yoko Ono

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

— Yoko Ono

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would…

— Yoko Ono

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the…

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

— Yoko Ono

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

Remember love. Remember our hearts are one. Even when we are fighting with each other, our hearts are beating in unison. I…

— Yoko Ono

I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit…

— 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

Having a son is not all pleasure.

— Yoko Ono

If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women…

— Yoko Ono

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but…

— Yoko Ono

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

— Yoko Ono

Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a…

— Yoko Ono

We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled.

— Yoko Ono

I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not…

— Yoko Ono

Our thoughts determine our age.

— Yoko Ono

When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to…

— Yoko Ono

I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at…

— Yoko Ono

I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to…

— Yoko Ono

Creativity is innate and it manifests itself in so many forms. It needs to come out somehow or it destroys you in…

— Yoko Ono