Home » Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama 1 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. Yayoi Kusama Work, Art, People Add to Collection 2 I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw. Yayoi Kusama Want, Self Confidence, Create Add to Collection 3 I will keep painting until I die. Yayoi Kusama Painting, Die, Will Add to Collection 4 I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan. Yayoi Kusama New York, Years, New Add to Collection 5 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. Yayoi Kusama Love, Work, Respect Add to Collection 6 Georgia O'Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York. Yayoi Kusama New York, Live Add to Collection 7 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. Yayoi Kusama Life, Day, Death Add to Collection 8 I am putting every effort toward creating my works from morning till night on every single day. Yayoi Kusama Day, Morning, Effort Add to Collection 9 Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion. Yayoi Kusama Believe, Fashion Add to Collection 10 I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour - throughout my life. Yayoi Kusama Life, Work, Myself Add to Collection 11 Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe. Yayoi Kusama Universe, Painting, Patterns Add to Collection 12 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. Yayoi Kusama Work, Price Add to Collection 13 I would like to try harder to establish my thought and philosophy strongly and to go back to the universe with my love. Yayoi Kusama Love, Philosophy, Thought Add to Collection 14 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. Yayoi Kusama Nature, Alone, Unity Add to Collection 15 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. Yayoi Kusama Work, World, Self Confidence Add to Collection 16 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. Yayoi Kusama Life, Day, Future Add to Collection 17 Polka dots are fabulous. Yayoi Kusama Dots, Fabulous Add to Collection 18 I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland. Yayoi Kusama Modern, Wonderland, Alice Add to Collection 19 My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings. Yayoi Kusama Art, See Add to Collection 20 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. Yayoi Kusama Love, Peace, Important Add to Collection 21 I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned. Yayoi Kusama Art, Myself, Society Add to Collection 22 I love painting so much that nothing else matters. Yayoi Kusama Love, Painting, Matters Add to Collection 23 Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art. Yayoi Kusama Life, Art, Myself Add to Collection 24 My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man. Yayoi Kusama Mother, Man, Rich Add to Collection 1 2 next › last »
