Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke. Yoko Ono More Quotes by Yoko Ono More Quotes From Yoko Ono When I hear music, my body just starts to move. It has nothing to do with training or anything. That's just me. That's just my body. And I was like that as a child, too. Yoko Ono trainingchildrenmoving If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use. Yoko Ono compliments-youusecompliment Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens? Yoko Ono breathinghappensart I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries perpetuating itself. Yoko Ono vietnamchoicesthinking If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women is that if we try to be free, then we naturally become lonely, because so many women are willing to become slaves, and men usually prefer that. Yoko Ono lonelyhousemen I never wanted to be a professional artist; I think that's limiting. Yoko Ono artistwantedthinking If I hear dance music, my body starts to move. Whatever the dance music is, I can't help it. With all that, I still felt, well, rock is a little higher art, but it wasn't. Right now, because I have so much experience with dance charts, I started to realize that it's incredible art. This is going to be known one day as high art. Yoko Ono rocksartmoving But think of the violence, it could happen to your kids. Yoko Ono violencehappenskids Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die. Yoko Ono paintinguseblood Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart. Yoko Ono daughterpainheart 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 blessedmenthinking 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. Yoko Ono learningangelteaching If your life changes, we can change the world, too. Yoko Ono life-changingartistworld In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory. Yoko Ono rocksartistpeople Music is like my security blanket. Yoko Ono blanketsecuritymusic-is Every time I create something, just before that there's a kind of - you're feeling very low, you're feeling very down and insecure. Then you create and then it's fine. This is the way I observe me doing it. Yoko Ono insecuredown-andfeelings Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies. Yoko Ono dieshomeforget I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.' Yoko Ono givingnightthinking I'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much. Yoko Ono sweaterssoupkind Real success is doing things right every day by not forgetting to express love to your friends. Yoko Ono real-successrealforget
