Author: Yayoi Kusama

Quotes

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 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

I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

- 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- Yayoi Kusama

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