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We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Artist
Composer
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Musician
Painter
Peace Activist
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Sculptor
City of Tokyo
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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.
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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.
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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.
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Artists are magicians and I definitely think John Lennon was a Wizard.
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Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'
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Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.
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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.
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Life with another person is always difficult.
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Dance in your dream. Go out into the street and hug everyone you meet. Tell them how beautiful they are. Dance together.
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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
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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.
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Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?
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I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.
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Art is my life and my life is art.
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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
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Art is a way of survival.
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