Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?

I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.

When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

If I was a Jewish girl in Hitler's day, I would become his girlfriend. After ten days in bed, he would come to my way of thinking.

If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women is that if we try to be free, then we naturally become lonely, because so many women are willing to become slaves, and men usually prefer that.

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.