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.

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

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.

I am just another dot in the world

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.

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

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

I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.

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.

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.

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

You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.

One becomes bad himself when he sees or calls others bad. When others appear good to him, he will become good himself.

For how long are the people who seek for the approval of others keep putting their self-worth in the hands of people?

My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.

I'm really good in a crisis, because I don't panic.

I'm a cruel man to myself.

It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French.

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don't teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.

Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.