Top 280 Yoko Ono Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Fracking kills, and it doesn’t just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.”

— Yoko Ono

52. “Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.”

— Yoko Ono

53. “Distance doesn’t exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.”

— Yoko Ono

54. “There’s nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there’s a lot of women in the world who are suffering because the fact is we’re not equal. It’s as plain as that. It’s still a men’s world. I don’t know. We’ll go on with it.”

— Yoko Ono

55. “Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.”

— Yoko Ono

56. “Walking on thin ice, I’m paying the price. I’m throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way, and play the game of life with your heart?”

— Yoko Ono

57. “I don’t think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it’s better to actually let yourself be tense – and find a solution.”

— Yoko Ono

58. “Mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken. A stick becomes a flute when it’s loved.”

— Yoko Ono

59. “Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.”

— Yoko Ono

60. “Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.”

— Yoko Ono

61. “A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I’ve got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.”

— Yoko Ono

62. “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.”

— Yoko Ono

63. “Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it’s all right. We’re scared that if the truth comes out that it’s not all right. It’s the other way around.”

— Yoko Ono

64. “Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body’s cells have been replaced, you’re meant to experience that seven-year itch.”

— Yoko Ono

65. “Society was built on male power, and women’s power was... ignored is the best word to describe it I suppose, we have been running society on one power, half a power really. And that’s so terrible. The world needs women’s power too.”

— Yoko Ono

66. “When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.”

— Yoko Ono

67. “Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.”

— Yoko Ono

68. “Our thoughts determine our age.”

— Yoko Ono

69. “Next time you meet a ‘foreigner’, remember it’s only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who’s sitting inside is you.”

— Yoko Ono

70. “I have only one life, so I want to make sure it’s a good one.”

— Yoko Ono

71. “Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.”

— Yoko Ono

72. “I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.”

— Yoko Ono

73. “See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.”

— Yoko Ono

74. “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

75. “You have to release your emotion in order to keep your sanity.”

— Yoko Ono

76. “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.”

— Yoko Ono

77. “People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.”

— Yoko Ono

78. “Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.”

— Yoko Ono

79. “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.”

— Yoko Ono

80. “If I was a Jewish girl in Hitler’s day, I would become his girlfriend. After ten days in bed, he would come to my way of thinking.”

— Yoko Ono

81. “Stand in the evening light until you become transparent or until you fall asleep.”

— Yoko Ono

82. “Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.”

— Yoko Ono

83. “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.”

— Yoko Ono

84. “When you are feeling bad, do one thing a day to make your heart dance. It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.”

— Yoko Ono

85. “Kill all the men you have slept with. Put the bones in a box and send it into the sea with flowers.”

— Yoko Ono

86. “The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We’re here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.”

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

88. “Unclog your mind. Unclog your room. Arrange your room in a way you wish your mind would be.”

— Yoko Ono

89. “Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.”

— Yoko Ono

90. “When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people’s sufferings too. That’s the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.”

— Yoko Ono

91. “I love to work. Doing things we love is how we relax, I think.”

— Yoko Ono

92. “Everybody’s an artist. Everybody’s God. It’s just that they’re inhibited.”

— Yoko Ono

93. “When you go to war, both sides lose totally.”

— Yoko Ono

94. “Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it’s more casual but more interesting.”

— Yoko Ono

95. “Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.”

— Yoko Ono

96. “Art for me is like breathing.”

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

98. “It’s better that you’re criticized than complimented as a person.”

— Yoko Ono

99. “What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.”

— Yoko Ono

100. “We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled.”

— Yoko Ono