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42 quotes by Yayoi Kusama

"I pray with all of my love for tulips" installation by Yayoi Kusama at the National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2012 Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生 or 弥生, Kusama Yayoi?, born March 22, 1929) is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, sculpture, performance art, and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition and...
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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... →

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.

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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.

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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... →

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