“In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone w...” — Takashi Murakami Quote

In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the conventions of Japanese art.

I tried to teach myself to draw anime, but I was so bad.

When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the country into the contemporary art world. So that's how I came up with the term 'superflat.'

In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.

I stopped worrying about competition in contemporary art. It feels a little bit more pure. That's where I am, one step back.

I know that my tendency is to be linear, and I'm trying to find ways to subvert that. And so in 'Bellocq's Ophelia' my device for subverting it was to tell the story and then to tell it again; it always circles back to this one moment, and it's not linear, but it's round in that way, and much of 'Native Guard' is like that.

Soledad Barrio is clearly a master - of thrilling steps and passionate movement. She stalks, she circles, she struts, she snaps her head - her feet drill the stage.

Sand is one of the best exfoliates out there! Take a handful of sand and rub it on your skin in small circles. When you're done, wash it off and presto... you get spa like skin, without the price tag.

In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.