Yayoi Kusama: When were you happiest?

When were you happiest?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Yayoi Kusama said elsewhere, not written here

I am always happiest when I am making my art.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2016 source ↗

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Lucy Beaumont

I remember going to my auntie Pauline’s house in winter when I was eight or nine and she made me a roast beef sandwich. I ate it and fell asleep next to a fire. I felt like a cat, fed and left to nap.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2024 source ↗

Clive Myrie British journalist, newsreader, and presenter

Whenever I’m with my wife and I’m not preoccupied with work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗

Fern Britton English television presenter and author

I am always happiest tucked up at home with my family.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2009 source ↗

Alfred Molina

My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗