In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If you had a large vase with a big crack down the middle of it, a Japanese art museum would put the… — Arielle Ford Copy Share Image
“I've mastered many things in my life. Navigating the strets of London, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If we study Japanese art, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time doing what?… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Traditional paintings have few figures in them and value negative space. Japanese calligraphy and brush paintings are in black and white. Haiku… — Fumio Sasaki Copy Share Image
“The entrenched interests of the regional nobility prevented the proper functioning of a government built upon ethical practice. While high-minded scholars often… — Joan Stanley-Baker Copy Share Image
On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days… — Gustav Klimt Copy Share Image
In Japan, after having lost World War II, the hierarchy that used to exist in the society, from the rich to the… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
Beautiful and minimalist, the traditional Japanese art of ikebana - arranging bouquets of cut flowers and leaves using very few elements -… — Jean-Claude Ellena Copy Share Image
There are few gardens that can be left alone. A few years of neglect and only the skeleton of a garden can… — Russell Page Copy Share Image
“they had to deal with heavy artillery being fired at them by well-hidden units. The Japanese would open the steel doors to… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“During the 18th century, pictures depicting the sex act were distributed more widely in Japan than in any other part of the… — Bradley Smith Copy Share Image
“I've mastered many thing's in my life. Navigating the streets of London, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“In Britain, chinoiserie was eclipsed by the medievalism of Sir Walter Scott and the Gothic Revival, while in Europe japonisme would be… — Linda Gertner Zatlin Copy Share Image
If you study Japanese art you see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time how? In… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I have mastered many things in my life. Navigating the streets of London, speaking French without an accent, dancing the quadrille, the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“There are a number of good books that draw upon fox legends -- foremost among them, Kij Johnson's exquisite novel The Fox… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“These Taoists' ideas have greatly influenced all our theories of action, even to those of fencing and wrestling. Jiu-jitsu, the Japanese art… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“Well," he asked, "whaddya expect?" It was so obviously a rhetorical question that of course I answered it. My truth impulse seemed… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“You cut me,” he said. His voice was pleasant. British. Very ordinary. He looked at his hand with critical interest. “It might… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“This book by Dr. Yasuda, while ostensibly about haiku, in reality penetrates deeply into the totality of this living spirit of Japan.… — Kenneth Yasuda Copy Share Image
“So much was lost - names, faces, ages, ethnic identities - that African Americans must do what no other ethnic group writ… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
I feel responsible to make something original as a Japanese artist. There are lots of singers and guitarists, but I feel that… — Miyavi Copy Share Image
Being a wannabe auteur and my favorite filmmakers being part of the dead canon of European, Japanese art-house masters, I want to… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
Every three or four years I pick a new subject. It may be Japanese art; it may be economics. Three years of… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I'm not really an art collector - I'm more of a person who picks up things. I have pieces by people like… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that; they… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
“Autumn is the season of subtractions, the Japanese art of taking more and more away to charge the few things that remain.… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The Winter Woman is as wild as a blizzard, as fresh as new snow. While some see her as cold, she has… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“Much has been said of the aesthetic values of chanoyu- the love of the subdued and austere- most commonly characterized by the… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
“There is really only one way to restore a world that is dying and in disrepair: to make beauty where ugliness has… — Toko-pa Turner Copy Share Image
