Yayoi Kusama Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots.”
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“Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the ax of art.”
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“My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings. All my works in pastels are the products of obsessional neurosis and are therefore inextricably connected to my disease. I create pieces even when I don’t see hallucinations, though.”
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“With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing philosophy of the universe through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call stereotypical repetition.”
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“A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colourful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots can't stay alone; like the communicative life of people, two or three polka-dots become movement... Polka-dots are a way to infinity.”
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“I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live.”
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“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.”
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“I believe that eyes are very important motifs. Thats something that can discern the peace and love.”
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“If it were not for art, I would have killed myself a long time ago,”
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“I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.”
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“I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.”
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“I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.”
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“The thought of continually eating something like macaroni, spat out by machinery, fills me with fear and revulsion, so I make macaroni sculptures. I make them and make them and then keep on making them, until I bury myself in the process. I call this 'obliteration.'”
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“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,”
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“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.”
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“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