Yoko Ono Quotes

CONCERT PIECE

When the curtain rises, go hide and wait until everybody leaves you.
Come out and play.

1963 autumn

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

Art is a way of survival.

Piano keys are flower-petals turned hard.

I feel sad that he’s just a voice now.

I usually stay away from being carried away, But one day I saw a silver horse. I thought he might take me to that somewhere high, I thought he might take me to that deep blue sky. I came to realize that the horse had no wings. No wings, well, it wasn't so bad, you know. I learnt to travel the world around And run on the ground in the morning. And that's the story of a wandering soul, A story of a dreamer.

You are water
I’m water
we’re all water in different containers
that’s why it’s so easy to meet
someday we’ll evaporate together.

If Lennon were alive today, he probably would have reconciled with the man he accused of having "made a fool of everyone." John would have been the first one now, if he had been there, to recognise and acknowledge what Maharishi has done for the world and appreciate it.

Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.

Œuvre Neige

Pensez que la neige tombe. Pensez que la neige tombe partout tout le temps. Lorsque vous parlez avec quelqu'un, pensez que la neige tombe entre vous et cette personne. Cessez de converser lorsque vous pensez que la personne est recouverte de neige.

CLOSET PIECE II

Put one memory into one half of your head.
Shut it off and forget it.
Let the other half of the brain long for it.

1964 spring

You change the world by being yourself.

A cloud consists of the following substances: colour, music, smell, sleep and water. Sometimes it rains substances other than water, but very few people notice it.

It's better to dance than to march through life.

You may think I’m small, but I have a universe in my head.