Grapefruit
By Yoko Ono
Simon & Schuster Ltd., 2000
Hardcover, 5.5 x 5.5 in.
320 pages
$15.00
WPA Note:
This book is part of our series on instruction-based practices in conjunction with Misha Ilin's residency at WPA in 2023.
Description:
Back in print for the first time in nearly thirty years, here is Yoko Ono's whimsical, delightful, subversive, startling book of instructions for art and for life.
About the Artist:
When I count what's wrong with my life, I get totally depressed.
When I count the good things, I feel like smiling and I do.
Then I think, "well, it's not all that bad."
Life is not a bowl of cherries.
But when I see myself smiling in the mirror, I like myself more.
Life is a roller-coaster. That's what I now think.
Recently, I got a message that I was a king, and I should stop the battle, and appreciate my victory.
Well, I should listen to that one.
And you, too, my friend.
We are all kings.
The battle is the battle of goodness winning WORLD PEACE.
At all times, find something that makes you laugh.
Laughter is the best workout!
Chimpanzees are wise to it. Are you?
I love dancing. I think it's better to dance than to march through life, don't you?