“I work as much as fifty to sixty hours at a stretch," Kusama wrote in a 1961 article of her entrancing, utterly consuming creative process. "I gradually feel myself under the spell of the accumulation and repetition in my nets… — 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
I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
