Yoko ono quotes

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

If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.

Look at yourself in the mirror and don't be afraid to notice how beautiful you are.

People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.

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 water is. Love is big, it's very big. I know that I have tons of it. But maybe we don't want to open up so much, and we think, maybe we don't have so much, but yes, you know that you have tons of love. We all do. Through that love we can connect, we can heal each other, we can make people, all of us, happy, joyful, and make a better world.

I never thought I would go into the dance charts.

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

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

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

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

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

My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.

Be kind once a day - even if it's just in your mind.

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

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

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

Basically there are two types of people in the world: people who are confident because they know they have the ability to create, and then people who have been demoralised, who have no confidence in themselves because they have been told they have no creative ability, but must just take orders. The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.

Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished.

Smile to the future and it will smile back to you

Every drop in the ocean counts.

You have to release your emotion in order to keep your sanity.

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

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

The male society is letting the men think of the women as something pretty and soft and that kind of thing. So I just wanted to show what we were. Women are the ones who actually created the human race. I mean without us bringing up the new generation, there wouldn't be a human race.

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.

Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.

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

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

I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.

My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.

If I was a Jewish girl in Hitler's day, I would become his girlfriend. After ten days in bed, he would come to my way of thinking.

You can be very wild and still be very wise

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

Some people say, "Sometimes I have violent thoughts, what can I do?" So I say, "Well, have them!" Cos we should not try to control ourselves. It's very bad to control ourselves in this sense. If you have any emotion at all, if its a bad emotion or good emotion, think about it, you should just understand that you have those emotions. And it's good because we are people and we have all these emotions. And the result of that is you would become more and more peaceful. If you don't let those emotions be inside of you then you become extremely violent.

I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.

I feel sad that he's just a voice now.

I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.

It's better to dance than to march through life.

I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. Don't be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.

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

Anger is an emotion that is very energetic. It is an ideal emotion to turn it around to make it work as a positive force.

Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.

Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken. A stick becomes a flute when it's loved.

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

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 woman, you know.

In your head, a sunset can go on for days

To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

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

Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980.

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

If someone is unpleasant to you, draw a halo around his or her head in your mind. He/she is an angel who came to teach you something.

See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Confusion has become a state of mind, more of less; we're trained to be confused. Quite simply, the people in power are keeping us down, keeping us docile and keeping us consuming with this confusion. It's a cultural confusion and it is deliberate.

The opposite of love is fear, not hate.

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

Art is a way of survival.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.

You are beautiful. Don't ever think you are not. It may be such a compliment that does not come from a man too often. They are shy, proud, and rude. Give yourself some love. And walk as what you are - a beautiful woman. All your life.

Faces can lie. Backsides can't.

We get shy about saying things like I love you. Life is so short. It's crazy, that we hesitate to express our true thoughts to each other.

Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.

Dance in your dream. Go out into the street and hug everyone you meet. Tell them how beautiful they are. Dance together.

You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.

There are things you can never take, no matter how strong you are.

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 in a park.

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it was all about accommodating the music business, the music was getting tasteless, but the spirit is back.

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.

I'm not going to doubt my life.

If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk.

you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.

Be silent in a group of people See what they reveal to you.

I love to work. Doing things we love is how we relax, I think.

When you burn the chair, you suddenly realize that the chair in your mind did not burn or disappear

I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them.

The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.

Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.

Unclog your mind. Unclog your room. Arrange your room in a way you wish your mind would be.

Bless you for your jealousy; it is a sign of empathy.

The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.

The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.

You change the world by being yourself.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.

These days, DJ's are the ones who are bringing fresh sounds to the music world. In fact, they are creating a new spatial music. They are the space transformers of the universe.

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

When you are feeling bad, do one thing a day to make your heart dance. It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.

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

I'm just trying to do my best every day, hoping that I have done my best every day, and its very easy in a way, but also it's not that easy. Every day counts.

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

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

Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.

Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.

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

When you say 'I love you', you are not just saying it to that person. You are saying 'I love you' to yourself, the planet & The Universe.

Kill all the men you have slept with. Put the bones in a box and send it into the sea with flowers.

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

What is beauty? It's what you love.

When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited. I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a necessity -- a function. We don't need history.

What all of us artists are doing is using our pain as material to create our work.

Give peace a chance and let's hope that one day we will all live in peace.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.

Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it.

Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

I have a woman inside my soul.

Your thoughts create reality. The most pragmatic way to create world peace is to use your power of visualization. Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace, Imagine Peace. Your thoughts will soon cover the planet. The most important thing is to believe in your power. It works.

Most people think that I am too optimistic, but my optimism is based on the thought that negative thinking is a luxury that we can't afford.

What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And just when I felt I could finally take a break, I encounter the age discrimination. I turned 72 and started noticing a drastic difference in people's attitudes. I started with racism and sexism in the beginning and fought them so hard and was finally ready to relax. Then, here comes ageism, and I feel like, "Give me a break!"

Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.

Society was built on male power, and women's power was... ignored is the best word to describe it I suppose, we have been running society on one power, half a power really. And that's so terrible. The world needs women's power too.