What all of us artists are doing is using our pain as material to create our work.
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.
You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.