When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
More and more I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it’s important that I… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I have a lot left inside. I believe my art will last 500 years, 1,000 years and forever. For me, art is… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I would like to dedicate to the whole world a great message. It is a message from Kusama who has struggled to… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Since childhood, I have been painting, for no special reason, numerous dots and nets, drawing from the hallucinations that seem to appear… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
“The machinery of the sky that confounds us on earth with endless transformations of clouds in the light of dawn does not… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I have been struggling with mental illness and emptiness throughout my life. Now I want people to understand my glorious quest for… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
There were times in the past that I got angry at some members of the press whose writings greatly disrupted my serious… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
It is my wish to leave a message to the whole world from the universe, a message of love and peace to the people… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
I would like to dedicate to the whole world a great message. It is a message from Kusama who has struggled to survive as… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
The thought of continually eating something like macaroni, spat out by machinery, fills me with fear and revulsion, so I make macaroni sculptures. I… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
Suppose I put polka dots all over my body and then cover my background completely with polka dots. The polka dots on my body,… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment. Take off your clothes. Forget yourself. Make love. Self-destruction is the only way to peace. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
I have a large number of enthusiastic admirers of my art. And they all sing a hymn in praise from the bottom of their… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
I always see these landscapes in my dreams, and feel happy. I desperately try to transform these dreams into artwork, so that even while… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share
