Drawing Is Of The Spirit

If Drawing Belongs To The World Of Spirit And Color To That Of The Senses, You Must Draw First To Cultivate The Spirit.

What Interests Me Most Is Neither Still Life Nor Landscape, But The Human Figure.

What I Am After, Above All, Is Expression.

Did Not The Artists Of The Great Age Of Japanese Art Change Names Many Times During Their Careers? I Like That; They Wanted To Safeguard Their Freedom.

I Would Like To Recapture That Freshness Of Vision Which Is Characteristic Of Extreme Youth When All The World Is New To It.