An Artist of the Floating World
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Brave young men die for stupid causes, and the real culprits are still with us.
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If one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is a consolation – indeed, a deep satisfaction – to be gained from this observation when looking back over one’s life.
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The best things, he always used to say, are put together of a night and vanish with the morning.
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It’s hard to appreciate the beauty of a world when one doubts its very validity.’
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it is my belief that in such troubled times as these, artists must learn to value something more tangible than those pleasurable things that disappear with the morning light.