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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Polka dots are fabulous. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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