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

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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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with them. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty. "

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

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

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

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

" Polka dots are fabulous. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "