Yoko Ono quotes - page 8

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. (Yoko Ono)
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.
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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 in a park.
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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.
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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.
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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. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
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Look at a star in the sky not as something unreachable but as a planet you would visit one day.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us? (Yoko Ono)
When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things to me. And it works both ways. It's great. My brain is very happy about it.
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Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.
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There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart? (Yoko Ono)
Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?
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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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