You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.
— Yoko Ono
It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.
Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
War is over if you want it.
Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.
Life with another person is always difficult.
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
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.
Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.
But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
Art is my life and my life is art.
At least I had that, one guy understood me.
People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.
I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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.
Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.
Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
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.
Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
When you go to war, both sides lose totally.
I'm not going to doubt my life.
Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
My life was pretty rough.
Every drop in the ocean counts.
Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
Being alone is very difficult.
What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.
