Yayoi Kusama: Advice to the Young

What piece of advice would one of the world’s most iconic contemporary artists pass on? Japanese Yayoi Kusama here turns the tables and argues that advice should not come from other people: “I am not an art teacher to you.” “Spread your ideas all over the world.” Kusama encourages artists to trust their own creativity, explore themselves and discover their own path in life: “A true direction will come from overcoming adversity.” Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is a Japanese artist and writer. She has worked in a w