My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots. — Yayoi Kusama

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. — Yayoi Kusama

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

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

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

Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the ax of art. — Yayoi Kusama

If it were not for art, I would have killed myself a long time ago. — Yayoi Kusama

Now our Earth is swarmed with issues such as life, death, illness, wars, economic crises and many others. It is time that we sing out loud the message, ‘Love forever.’ — Yayoi Kusama

Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment. — Yayoi Kusama

I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw. — Yayoi Kusama

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

Since childhood, I have been painting, for no special reason, numerous dots and nets, drawing from the hallucinations that seem to appear endlessly. I can’t explain why if you ask me. — Yayoi Kusama

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Yayoi Kusama

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

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

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. — Yayoi Kusama

I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That’s something that can discern the peace and love. — Yayoi Kusama

I love painting so much that nothing else matters. — Yayoi Kusama

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

Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment. Take off your clothes. Forget yourself. Make love. Self–destruction is the only way to peace. — Yayoi Kusama

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

It is my wish to leave a message to the whole world from the universe, a message of love and peace to the people of the world. — Yayoi Kusama

I want to become more famous, even more famous. — Yayoi Kusama