Strange Pictures Quotes

“When faced with true sorrow, people lose even the strength to shed tears.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“Adults can draw what they see, the real thing, in their pictures. Children, though, draw the “idea” of what appears in their heads. Like an artist. People sometimes say that every child is an artist, and I feel that is not far from the truth.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“I can't imagine what kind of pain you must have been suffering.
Nor can I understand the depths of whatever sin you have commited.
I cannot forgive you. But even so, I will always love you.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“Children are filled with infinite curiosity. Drawing on things is an important means of self-expression. It is silly to scold them for it." She had read that in a child-rearing article once. The author was clearly a homeowner.

"I wonder if they'd say the same thing if they were a renter?" Naomi had muttered bitterly to herself.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“Painting is a mirror of the soul.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“When faced with true sorrow”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“Mother didn’t cry. She simply sat”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“Adults can draw what they see”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“the trunk. There is a little bird living in a hollow there. People who draw pictures like this display a desire to protect”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“It was like a kind of prayer.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“If you opened yourself up to him, he would give his full attention.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“Yuta”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“We’re rushing things a little, but imagining our lives with the baby is so much fun.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“There's fun to be had, even living alone.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures