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> [My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings. All my works in pastels are the products of obsessional neurosis and are therefore inextricably connected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yayoi-kusama/my-art-originates-from-hallucinations-only-i-can-see-i-translate-the/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/yayoi-kusama-10408_art_my-art-originates-from-hallucinations-on_1321690.jpg)

## 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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