“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.”
― Yoko Ono
“You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.”
― Yoko Ono
“Each time we don’t say what we wanna say, we’re dying.”
― Yoko Ono
“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.”
― Yoko Ono
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
― Yoko Ono
“We’re all water from different rivers,
That’s why it’s so easy to meet,
We’re all water in this vast, vast ocean,
Someday we’ll evaporate together.”
― Yoko Ono
“Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.”
― Yoko Ono
“It’s better to dance than to march through life.”
― Yoko Ono
“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. It’s the male chauvinistic society that we’re living in for the longest time, 3,000 years or whatever. And so I just wanted to point out the fact that men and women are magical beings. We are very blessed that way, so I’m just bringing that out. Don’t be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.”
― 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
“You are water
I’m water
we’re all water in different containers
that’s why it’s so easy to meet
someday we’ll evaporate together.”
― Yoko Ono
“We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled. ”
― Yoko Ono
“Try to say nothing negative about anybody.
a) for three days
b) for forty-five days
c) for three months
See what happens to your life.”
― Yoko Ono
“Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.”
― Yoko Ono
“Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she’s in sorrow.”
― Yoko Ono
“I feel sad that he’s just a voice now.”
― Yoko Ono
“Art is my life and my life is art.”
― Yoko Ono
“Mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken. A stick becomes a flute when it’s loved.”
― Yoko Ono
“Art is a way of survival.”
― Yoko Ono
“Life with another person is always difficult.”
― Yoko Ono
“Imagine the clouds dripping
Dig a hole in your garden to
put them in”
― Yoko Ono
“Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl’s best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.”
― yoko ono
“I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.”
― Yoko Ono
“Every drop in the ocean counts.”
― Yoko Ono
“You change the world by being yourself.”
― Yoko Ono
“A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.”
― Yoko Ono
“You can be very wild and still be very wise.”
― Yoko Ono
“Love is what it takes to fly”
― Yoko Ono
“Write down everything you fear in life.
Burn it.
Pour herbal oil with a sweet scent on the ashes.”
― Yoko Ono
“Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die.”
― Yoko Ono
“Each planet has its own orbit agenda.
Think of people close to you as planets.
Sometimes it’s nice to just watch them
orbit and shine.”
― Yoko Ono
“Think that snow is falling
Think that snow is falling everywhere
all the time
When you talk with a person, think
that snow is falling between you and
on that person
Stop conversing when you think the
person is covered by snow”
― Yoko Ono
“Have the courage and strength to be yourself.
Because there is no other choice.
Do you have a choice of being somebody else?”
― Yoko Ono
“Whisper your dream to a cloud.
Ask the cloud to remember it.”
― Yoko Ono
“You may think I’m small, but I have a universe in my head.”
― Yoko Ono
“Bandage any part of your body
If people ask about it, make a story and tell
If people do not ask about it,
draw their attention to it and tell
If people forget about it, remind
them of it and keep telling.
Do not talk about anything else”
― Yoko Ono
“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90… time is a concept that humans created.”
― Yoko Ono
“It’s a waste of time to think that if you coloured a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.”
― Yoko Ono
“Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.”
― Yoko Ono
“water talk
you are water
I’m water
we’re all water in different containers
that’s why it’s so easy to meet
someday we’ll evaporate together.
but even after the water’s gone
we’ll probably point out to the containers
and say, “that’s me there, that one”
we’re container minders”
― Yoko Ono
“Sleep in separate cities.
Sleep in separate countries.
Sleep on separate planets.
Whisper to each other.”
― Yoko Ono
“Jimmy Carter is the embodiment of dignity, grace, and the hope for a better world – Carlos Santana”
― Yoko Ono
“The work of the poet has always been to shine a bright light on the absurdities of society, challenging hypocrisy and greed, and presenting the tools of change. (Donovan)”
― Yoko Ono
“O SANITY
It’s only sane to be insane
Psychotic builds a castle
And neurotic lives in it
I don’t know what to do with my sanity
When the world’s at the verge of calamity
O’ sanity, o’ sanity
What am I to do with you
Drink up, shoot up, anything you please
But you’re always standing behind me
Like a devil in hell
O’ sanity, sanity
Why don’t you let me go?
Let go, let go!
Cut it out!”
― Yoko Ono
“Listen to the sound of the earth turning.”
― Yoko Ono
“You change the world by changing yourself.”
― Yoko Ono
“People are afraid of shadows. People are even more afraid of being in the shadow. But without a shadow, life will be two dimensional.”
― Yoko Ono
“Whereas John and Yoko might have comfortably lounged around in holiday mode on palatial country estates…the Lennons had this extraordinary urge and need to put something back. To stand up for reason in an unreasonable world, to take advantage of their extraordinary media profile to refocus public attitude and outlook on the murdering of other humans. (Ritchie Yorke)”
― Yoko Ono
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.”
― Yoko Ono
“John’s was not a glum, negative, insulting attack on society but a sharp-witted, entertaining, cock-a-snook approach that encouraged young people to express themselves as individuals and to reject the stifling rigidity of a lot of the older social traditions. Thanks to John, to give one example, regional dialects were no longer looked upon as a hindrance. He made no attempt to tone down his Liverpool accent (indeed, he exaggerated it) and this encouraged others to follow suit. Previously, without cut-glass Oxford English, it was impossible for anyone to make progress in the media. John changed all that, and a great deal more as well. (Desmond Morris)”
― Yoko Ono