Top 42 Quotes by Yayoi Kusama

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

I will keep painting until I die.

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.

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

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

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

Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.

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.