Yayoi Kusama quotes

I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden in my life.

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world.

I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

More and more, I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it's important that I share the love and peace.

Polka dots can't stay alone. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environments.

Polka dots can't stay alone. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environments.

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation.

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'

It doesn't matter at all for me that I work in hospital or anywhere with limited space. Every day, I'm creating new works with all my might.

I love Damien Hirst. I respect his work a great deal, and I am happy that the polka dots I started using have become a symbol of love and peace around the world with everybody joining hands to use them in this way.

I love Damien Hirst. I respect his work a great deal, and I am happy that the polka dots I started using have become a symbol of love and peace around the world with everybody joining hands to use them in this way.

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world.