Yayoi Kusama

I put mirrors on my vagina and photographed it.

My art is an expression of my life, particularly of my mental disease.

I will commit suicide. This is my only desire.

I fight with the disease. I have to create. If I stop, I will kill myself.

I would like to live forever, but I can't. So I want to leave my art for the world.

I want to paint myself as having come out of the womb, naked, and gone into the grave, naked.

I am an avant-garde artist. I have always been an avant-garde artist.

I have been fighting against the world for a long time.

My life is a dot. My life is a circle.

I am not afraid of death. I am afraid of not being able to create.

I am a pioneer. I am a revolutionary.

I am a victim of hallucinations.

I want to erase the boundaries between myself and others.

I have been making art since I was a child. It is my destiny.

I want to convey the message of love and peace to the world.

I am a self-taught artist. I never went to art school.

I want to be a star. I want to be famous.

I am an outsider. I have always been an outsider.

I want to shock people. I want to surprise people.

I am not interested in money. I am interested in art.