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. Yoko Ono More Quotes by Yoko Ono More Quotes From Yoko Ono I'm not giving any guidance, OK. I mean, you know, mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right? Anyway, so he's [Sean] doing his own thing. Yoko Ono guidancemothergiving My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music. Yoko Ono independentfatherbankers Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women. Yoko Ono easierstrongermen We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us. Yoko Ono wisdomwiseclever The odds of not meeting in this life are so great that every meeting is like a miracle. It's a wonder that we don't make love to every single person we meet. Yoko Ono making-lovemiracleodds 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. Yoko Ono feminismneedsthinking 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. Yoko Ono frustrationmenreality 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. Yoko Ono speaks-outgunpeople Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it. Yoko Ono tryingteacherpeople 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. Yoko Ono communicationpeoplethinking Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race. Yoko Ono bodyracefeelings Luckily we never injected because both of us were totally scared about needles. So that probably saved us. And the other thing that saved us was our connection was not very good. Yoko Ono scaredconnectionsdrug It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us. Yoko Ono philosophicalmatterair I should think that people would be more interested in politics and all that is happening, rather than two lovebirds who are looking to wed. I think it's very nice that in an age when love is so scarce that people are willing to gamble on getting married. Yoko Ono gaynicelove-is Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Yoko Ono summerspringtime You can't dance if you got too much muck in your head. Yoko Ono too-muchdanceifs You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang. Yoko Ono planetsracefeels Art is a way of survival. Yoko Ono survivalwayart And the more you are active about something you love, the world is going to be a better place. Yoko Ono activeloveworld 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 oceanriverswater