Takashi Murakami quotes

The works I made at the start of my career rely on the themes of war, atomic power, and outer space.

As a young artist in New York, I thought about postwar Japan - the consumer culture and the loose, deboned feeling prevalent in the character and animation culture. Mixing all those up in order to portray Japanese culture and society was my work.

I stopped worrying about competition in contemporary art. It feels a little bit more pure. That's where I am, one step back.

The works I made at the start of my career rely on the themes of war, atomic power, and outer space.

My own belief is that rather than getting involved in trying to change the reality of social-political things, creators can be involved in and express in different ways and be meaningful in different ways, so for me, it's important to leave messages to people of the future and to be engaged with the people now.

The works I made at the start of my career rely on the themes of war, atomic power, and outer space.

The theme my generation explored was the relationship between capitalism and art.

For children of my generation, anime was an escape from Japan's loser complex following World War II. Anime wasn't foreign. It was our own.

In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the conventions of Japanese art.

For children of my generation, anime was an escape from Japan's loser complex following World War II. Anime wasn't foreign. It was our own.

The theme my generation explored was the relationship between capitalism and art.