Yayoi Kusama Quotes

Japanese - Artist Born: March 22, 1929

I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life. Yayoi Kusama

Life, Beautiful, Clouds, Climb, Think

Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment. Yayoi Kusama

Yourself, Environment, Forget, Become

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. Yayoi Kusama

Nature, Alone, Unity, Become, Dots, Stay

Since my childhood, I have always made works with polka dots. Earth, moon, sun and human beings all represent dots; a single particle among billions. Yayoi Kusama

Childhood, Sun, Moon, Earth, Human, Dots

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.' Yayoi Kusama

Stars, Live, Art, Sun, Universe, Moon

I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision. Yayoi Kusama

Vision, Mind, Ideas, Follow, Flood, Just

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

Art, Me, I Can, See, Only, Plague

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

Art, Myself, Society, Start, Revolution

I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland. Yayoi Kusama

Modern, Am, Wonderland, Alice

Polka dots are fabulous. Yayoi Kusama

If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself. Yayoi Kusama

Myself, Horse, Same, Cat, Dot, Putting

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

Love, Eyes, Peace, Believe, Important

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. Yayoi Kusama

Love, Peace, Think, Artist, Important

I love painting so much that nothing else matters. Yayoi Kusama

Love, Painting, Nothing, Matters, Much

I would like to try harder to establish my thought and philosophy strongly and to go back to the universe with my love. Yayoi Kusama

Love, Universe, Philosophy, Thought, Go

I will keep painting until I die. Yayoi Kusama

Painting, Die, Will, Keep, Until

When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter. Yayoi Kusama

Talent, Know, Paint, Out, Because, Come

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

Hope, Peace, World, Royalty, Forever

Suppose I put polka dots all over my body and then cover my background completely with polka dots. The polka dots on my body, merging with those in the background, create an optically strange scene. Yayoi Kusama

Body, Create, Strange, Dots, Over, Cover

Georgia O'Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York. Yayoi Kusama

Live, New York, She, New, Mexico, Her

While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me. Yayoi Kusama

Art, Time, Struggle, Day, Me, Every Day

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. Yayoi Kusama

Dreams, Great, Ideas, New York, Chance

People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is the wrong way of doing it. Yayoi Kusama

Work, Art, People, Think, Doing, Someone

When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day. Yayoi Kusama

Life, Day, Death, Child, My Life, Become

I am putting every effort toward creating my works from morning till night on every single day. Yayoi Kusama

Morning, Day, Effort, I Am, Night, Every

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. Yayoi Kusama

Work, Day, Space, Me, Every Day, New

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