In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.
Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.
There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up.
I am an admirer of haiku, and I'm a great admirer of Japanese literature in general.
In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts.
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones that are perfectly imperfect.
Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.
I want my paintings to look like they were found in a garage. If they get a scratch or a hole in them, it just becomes part of the painting.
