Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to…

— Yoko Ono

I have to be pretty inclusive. I have to be pretty much inside of me rather than going out and finding out…

— Yoko Ono

Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with…

— Yoko Ono

I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on…

— Yoko Ono

I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on…

— Yoko Ono

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians,…

— Yoko Ono

If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in…

— Yoko Ono

You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and…

— Yoko Ono

Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.

— Yoko Ono

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

— Yoko Ono

All my life, I have been in love with the sky. Even when everything was falling apart around me, the sky was…

— Yoko Ono

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were…

— Yoko Ono

Art is an effort to make you walk a half an inch above ground.

— Yoko Ono

When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.

— Yoko Ono

In the present age when communication is so rapid, we should create a different tradition, traditions are created everyday. Five years now…

— Yoko Ono

All wishes create an upswing line when it is manifested. Therefore, together, it becomes an incredible upswing of power, whatever you wished.…

— Yoko Ono

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

— Yoko Ono

I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth…

— Yoko Ono

Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.

— Yoko Ono

“Have the courage and strength to be yourself. Because there is no other choice. Do you have a choice of being somebody…

— Yoko Ono

We live too long for one marriage.

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono