Zitat des Tages von Yayoi Kusama:
I love painting so much that nothing else matters.
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.
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.
Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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.
The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
I will keep painting until I die.
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
