Yoko Ono Artist Quotations

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

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.

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

Many incredible artists die before they were famous.

Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

My life was pretty rough.

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.

What all of us artists are doing is using our pain as material to create our work.

What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to my gallery shows, because they say I am a musician.

you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.

I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

Life with another person is always difficult.

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.

I never wanted to be a professional artist; I think that's limiting.

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.

I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.

What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And just when I felt I could finally take a break, I encounter the age discrimination. I turned 72 and started noticing a drastic difference in people's attitudes. I started with racism and sexism in the beginning and fought them so hard and was finally ready to relax. Then, here comes ageism, and I feel like, "Give me a break!"

Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished.

I don't particularly consider myself just an artist. I'm a woman - I'm a human being.

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.