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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man. "

" 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. "

" Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art. "

" I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan. "

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

" 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 will keep painting until I die. "

" 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. "

" Polka dots are fabulous. "

" 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. "