People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is the wrong way of doing it.

While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.

I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.

Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.

I am putting every effort toward creating my works from morning till night on every single day.

I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden in my life.

I love Damien Hirst. I respect his work a great deal, and I am happy that the polka dots I started using have become a symbol of love and peace around the world with everybody joining hands to use them in this way.

Georgia O'Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York.

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.

If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.