Quote by Florence Williams

“I went round the side of the house, and stared at the garden in horror. The ivy had almost taken over. There were still…

— Jacqueline Wilson

“Hokusai managed to integrate this into a Japanese vision of landscapes and nature prints which strike the Western viewer as utterly Japanese, and the…

— Matthi Forrer

One of the things that slaps you in the face when you arrive in Japan is their obsession with everything cute.

— Stacey Dooley

“And so the one in our garden continued its growth peacefully, as did thousands like it in neglected spots all over the world. It…

— John Wyndham

“A Japanese can live on a teaspoonful of rice a day. We were the best breed of worker they had ever hired in their…

— Julie Otsuka

“A muscular hulking figure walked steadfastly toward her, naked yet festooned with plant life. Every inch of the being was covered with leaves and…

— Pete Kahle

“He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from…

— Philip Kerr

“I'd been very influenced by what I'd seen in Japan. Part of what I greatly admired there - and part of what we were…

— Walter Isaacson

“... crystal spheres imprisoning green lizards, salamanders, millefiori bouquets dragonflies, a basket of pears, butterflies alighted on a frond of fern, swirls of pink…

— Truman Capote

“tsubaki brings out the charm in Japanese women”

— Shiseido

“Well what I was going to say was that it reminds me of us because a cactus can grow and thrive without a lot…

— Rebecca Bloom

I've always been fascinated by Japanese culture.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar