Yoko Ono Quotes

I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.

Yoko Ono

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1933

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WorkMusicCreativityPeopleLooking

I urge younger artists to know that you don't have to be anything you don't want. You can do whatever's comfortable for you. From the music I make, to the things I do in my life, I'm true to my R&B core. I have the capability to make pop records and crossover, but that's not my aim.

Trey Songz

LifeMusicMy LifeYouKnowTrue

I slipped through every school I went to without leaving a trace. I was in no team; I was never a prefect. I was totally mediocre - well, I probably still am - but at places like Summer Fields and Eton, it's all about sport and doing your bit, and I always preferred to watch telly or read a book than run round a field.

Tom Parker Bowles

SchoolTeamBookDoingSummerRun

I just really just try to get better as a player every week, just focusing on the team we have to play this week, and just trying to do whatever is best for the team that week.

Rob Gronkowski

BestTeamBetterWeekTryingPlay

I grew up in the South with my father; blues and country, that's always been my core. But I had it in me not to do what was expected. I wanted to find my own footing.

Lisa Marie Presley

FatherMeFindCountryBluesMy Own

It's hard to explain why I like Europe so much.

Broderick Crawford

WhyHardExplainEuropeLikeMuch

I go to dinner with my friends, and we're like, 'Let's put our phones on airplane mode so we can really enjoy each other's company.'

Ansel Elgort

DinnerAirplaneFriendsEnjoyGo

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Augusten Burroughs

LoveCultureYouTargetKindNever

I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.

Wislawa Szymborska

WordsFightingBadPoetAgainstWho

Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.

Philip Yancey

LoveChangePowerParentsLimits

Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.

Sylvia Earle

HistoryTimeOceanLostMoreHuman

In all these years, I've always tried to emphasize and to promote the need to combat the Mafia. Because it is a cancer which is oppressive and which stifles everybody's freedom and reduces the possibility for the areas in which it's present to prosper and to develop.

Sergio Mattarella

FreedomPresentMafiaNeedAlways

I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.

Sean Combs

BirthdayMePictureBig PictureFans

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