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Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.
Yayoi Kusama
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Japanese
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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
Rise Above
,
Think
,
I Think
Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.
Yayoi Kusama
Eternity
,
Forget
,
Part
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
Through
,
Dot
,
Pursuing
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
,
Dots
,
Environments
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
Yayoi Kusama
Art
,
Society
,
Using
I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.
Yayoi Kusama
Love
,
Peace And Love
,
Very
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
Always
,
Billions
,
Works
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
,
Images
,
Sculptures
I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.
Yayoi Kusama
Modern
,
Wonderland
,
Alice
Polka dots are fabulous.
Yayoi Kusama
Dots
,
Fabulous
I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
Yayoi Kusama
Ideas
,
Vision
,
Mind
I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world.
Yayoi Kusama
Peace
,
World
,
Contribute
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
New
,
New Mexico
,
Then
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
,
Dot
,
Putting
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
,
Think
,
I Think
I love painting so much that nothing else matters.
Yayoi Kusama
Love
,
Matters
,
I Love
Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
Yayoi Kusama
Through
,
However
,
Devote
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.
Yayoi Kusama
My Life
,
Through
,
Sculptures
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
New
,
Limited
,
Works
I have been using polka dots since I was a very young child. Only after that, it seems, have they been used throughout the rest of the art world.
Yayoi Kusama
Rest
,
Been
,
Very
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 - throughout my life.
Yayoi Kusama
My Life
,
Been
,
Assistants
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
Dots
,
Over
,
Merging
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
Yayoi Kusama
Country
,
Shop
,
Very
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.
Yayoi Kusama
Love
,
Symbol
,
Joining
I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
Yayoi Kusama
I Am
,
Never
,
Going
My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
Yayoi Kusama
Artist
,
Against
,
Marry
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