Bears Quote by Junichiro Tanizaki

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

— Junichiro Tanizaki

“Whenever I see the alcove of a tastefully built Japanese room, I marvel at our comprehension of the secrets of shadows, our sensitive use…

— Junichiro Tanizaki

And isn't it better really to leave things only hinted at?

— Junichiro Tanizaki

Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.

— Junichiro Tanizaki

Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an insect, lost…

— Junichiro Tanizaki

Each worm to his taste; some prefer to eat nettles.

— Junichiro Tanizaki

For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary.

— Junichiro Tanizaki

There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and…

— Junichiro Tanizaki

“It is hard for one who has not had a similar experience to imagine the terror that still gripped Taeko and Mrs. Tamaki and…

— Junichiro Tanizaki

We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live…

— Junichiro Tanizaki

We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing…

— Junichiro Tanizaki

The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past.

— Junichiro Tanizaki