"I wake up early in the morning and stay up late at night, sometimes until 3 a.m., just to make art," Yayoi Kusama said in 2014.

The Japanese artist has died at age 97. Kusama's polka dotted pumpkins, "Infinity Rooms," and other repetitive and dreamlike artworks have been shown in museums and galleries…

Japan's "polka dot queen" has been remembered for her remarkable originality.