Yoko Ono Quotes

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

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

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal."

"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."

"Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity."

"You change the world by being yourself."

"People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication."

"You can be very wild and still be very wise."

"This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people."

"People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?"

"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."

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

"The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines."

"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."

"I'm just being normal. A normal woman. Well, I don't know what a normal woman is, but I'm a woman and I'm Yoko and I've never changed that."

"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."

"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."

"Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you."

"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."

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

"The cynicism that you have is not your real soul."

"I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me."

"There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all."

"I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life."

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