Quotes from Yoko Ono

Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.

All women are feminists. Being a feminist is allowing woman to be natural, for what she is, whatever it is. All of us can be natural and we're all feminists in that sense.

Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

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.

The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.

You can't love someone unless you are in an equal position with them. A lot of women have to cling to men out of fear or insecurity, and that's not love - basically that's why women hate men.

But men are so serious. Why? Why violence? Why hatred? Why war? If people want to make war, they should make a colour war, and paint each others city up during the night in pinks and greens.

I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.

Every drop in the ocean counts.

Our thoughts determine our age.

Being alone is very difficult.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.

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

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

Anger is an emotion that is very energetic. It is an ideal emotion to turn it around to make it work as a positive force.

I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

Art for me is like breathing.

Art is my life and my life is art.

Art is an effort to make you walk a half an inch above ground.