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> [“The machinery of the sky that confounds us on earth with endless transformations of clouds in the light of dawn does not compare to the extraordinary tenacity of human beings, the way of human life, the presentiment of approaching death,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/the-machinery-of-the-sky-that-confounds-us-on-earth-with-endless/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

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## More by Yayoi Kusama

> [My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/my-life-is-a-dot-lost-among-thousands-of-other-dots/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-want-to-create-a-thousand-paintings-maybe-two-thousand-paintings-as/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-was-in-the-u-s-about-15-years-especially-in-new-york-and-then-i/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-have-done-all-the-work-myself-not-assistants-that-s-why-i-m-in-a/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/the-reason-i-collaborate-with-louis-vuitton-is-that-louis-vuitton-is/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-hope-royalty-continues-forever-this-is-the-thing-that-can/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-kusama-am-the-modern-alice-in-wonderland/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/while-producing-art-works-illusions-appear-from-time-to-time-due-to/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [It is my wish to leave a message to the whole world from the universe, a message of love and peace to the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/it-is-my-wish-to-leave-a-message-to-the-whole-world-from-the-universe/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I would like to dedicate to the whole world a great message. It is a message from Kusama who has struggled to survive as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-would-like-to-dedicate-to-the-whole-world-a-great-message-it-is-a/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [The thought of continually eating something like macaroni, spat out by machinery, fills me with fear and revulsion, so I make macaroni sculptures. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/the-thought-of-continually-eating-something-like-macaroni-spat-out-by/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [Suppose I put polka dots all over my body and then cover my background completely with polka dots. The polka dots on my body,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/suppose-i-put-polka-dots-all-over-my-body-and-then-cover-my/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/become-one-with-eternity-become-part-of-your-environment-take-off/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I have a large number of enthusiastic admirers of my art. And they all sing a hymn in praise from the bottom of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-have-a-large-number-of-enthusiastic-admirers-of-my-art-and-they-all/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

> [I always see these landscapes in my dreams, and feel happy. I desperately try to transform these dreams into artwork, so that even while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/i-always-see-these-landscapes-in-my-dreams-and-feel-happy-i/)

[Yayoi Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yayoi-kusama/)

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