New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation.

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.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

There's no need to bully; be kind to unwind!

People who read are not too lazy to turn on the television; they prefer books.

There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

You know you've made it when you can dye your hair blue.

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

Laws aren't ghosts in this country, they walk around with the smell of earth on them.

I am a country boy and proud of it.

Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met. They're constantly being told that they're not good enough. You've really got to practice loving yourself.

Whatever it is, I give it my all. You have to do everything you want in this one life that you have.