I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

I have been using polka dots since I was a very young child. Only after that, it seems, have they been used throughout the rest of the art world.

Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.

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.

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.