American - Artist | February 18, 1933 -
When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
Yoko Ono
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It's a waste to not say anything with art.
ArtSayAnythingWaste
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.
TogetherSimplePeaceWarPeople
Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
LoveDanceMovingStartBackWay
I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
ThinkArtistOverFiveBeenChanged
I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world.
PeopleWorldThinkKnowNiceNow
Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
BackHitAttacked
I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
FamousDieArtistsIncredibleBefore
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.
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