Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration.

An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.

The truth is, Japan is headed for crisis. We are in the hands of greedy businessmen and weak politicians. Such people will see to it poverty grows every day.

Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something.#Page: 120

How so much honourable is such a contest, in which one's moral conduct and achievement are brought as witnesses rather than the size of one's purse.#Page: 10

All hardships are seeds of growth. Your life will blossom when the lesson is complete. But remember, you were ALWAYS beautiful from beginning to full bloom.

No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

I like the idea of not looking at trends, not being driven by them. I like what I like and that's it.

As it is with an individual, so it is with a nation. One must produce to have, or one will become a have-not.

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.

Creativity in all forms of life, from arts to business to domestic situations, depends on our ability to recognize and explore gaps

I could stand up and go to her and kiss her. I could. But there is still too much to be ruined.

Giving people what they want isn't always what they want.

The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams.