It doesn't matter at all for me that I work in hospital or anywhere with limited space. Every day, I'm creating new works with all my might.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of creativity and passion over the limitations of one's environment.
In this quote, Yayoi Kusama highlights that regardless of the restrictions imposed by her surroundings, such as working in a hospital with limited space, her dedication to creating art remains unwavering. This reflects a mindset that values the process of creation and the effort put into it, rather than being hindered by physical constraints, suggesting that true creativity can thrive anywhere when fueled by determination.
In practice
This quote can inspire artists to pursue their passion regardless of limitations.
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.
When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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.'
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.
People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.
I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines.
Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well.
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
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