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

Think, I Think, Rise Above

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, Pursuing, Dot

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

Dots, Nature, Environments

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

Eternity, Forget, Part

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

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

Mind, Vision, Ideas

Polka dots are fabulous. Yayoi Kusama

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

Images, Sculptures, Art

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

Using, Art, Society

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

World, Peace, Contribute

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

Modern, Wonderland, Alice

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

Love, Very, Peace And Love

You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork. Yayoi Kusama

Work, Might, Sell

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

Over, Merging, Dots

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

Devote, However, Through

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, Very, Shop

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 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, Thought, Like

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

Works, Till, Putting

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, Very, Been

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

Through, My Life, Sculptures

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, Works, 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

New, Other, Making

I never have a plan of what I am going to draw. Yayoi Kusama

I Am, Never, Going

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

Love, I Love, Matters

I want to become more famous, even more famous. Yayoi Kusama

Famous, Even, More

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