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.
The voice is raised, and that is where poetry begins. And even today, in the prolonged aftermath of modernism, in places where "open form" or free verse is the orthodoxy, you will find a memory of that raising of the voice in the term "heightened speech".
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
I didn't know I was a zombie pedant until I started considering what from the zombie canon to keep in 'Zone One' and what to ignore.
I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don't think they're doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.
Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
Movies aren't finished, they're abandoned. And you have to make your peace with that.
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