Yayoi Kusama Quotes

I would like to try harder to establish my thought and philosophy strongly and to go back to the universe with my love.
I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.
If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
It doesn't matter at all for me that I work in hospital or anywhere with limited space. Every day, I'm creating new works with all my might.
More and more, I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it's important that I share the love and peace.
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation.
Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is the wrong way of doing it.
Polka dots are fabulous.
Polka dots can't stay alone. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environments.
Since my childhood, I have always made works with polka dots. Earth, moon, sun and human beings all represent dots; a single particle among billions.
Suppose I put polka dots all over my body and then cover my background completely with polka dots. The polka dots on my body, merging with those in the background, create an optically strange scene.
The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with them.
When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.
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Yayoi Kusama
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22 March, 1929
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Japan
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