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I never thought, I'm going to be an artist. When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist, which is true.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
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City of Tokyo
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The war industry people are very together they know exactly what they want they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
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I saw sorrow turning into clarity.
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When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.
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One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance!
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You have to release your emotion in order to keep your sanity.
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People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.
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Watch the sun until it comes into your body and stays as a tiny sun. It will keep your face shining even in the coldest of winter.
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I never thought I would go into the dance charts.
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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.
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Art is an effort to make you walk a half an inch above ground.
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The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
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And the more you are active about something you love, the world is going to be a better place.
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Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
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Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.
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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.
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If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.
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