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I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn't be frightened of creating themselves - that's why I make things very open, with things for people to do.

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
Performance Artist
Photographer
Recording Artist
Sculptor
City of Tokyo
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I wonder why men get serious at all. They have this delicate, long thing hanging outside their bodies which goes up and down by its own will. If I were a man I would always be laughing at myself.
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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
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Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?
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Women artists are still treated differently from men.
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Bless you for your jealousy it is a sign of empathy.
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The opposite of love is fear, not hate.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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Look at a star in the sky not as something unreachable but as a planet you would visit one day.
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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.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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There's a big difference between sending your art in a statement or something like that, and sending yourself there. When you send yourself somewhere, then you are sharing your information uncontrollably - like all yourself.
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Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.
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I have to be pretty inclusive. I have to be pretty much inside of me rather than going out and finding out what people are doing. I don't have the time to. I just listen to my mind, in a way.
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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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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.
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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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Be silent in a group of people See what they reveal to you.
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When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
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