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

" Polka dots are fabulous. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to become more famous, even more famous. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

" 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 would like to try harder to establish my thought and philosophy strongly and to go back to the universe with my 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw. "

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

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

" I love painting so much that nothing else matters. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "