Okakura Kakuzo Quotes
Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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When Chipotle asked me to take part in the Cultivating Thought program both as an author and an essay contest judge, I was excited by the idea of sharing my story through this unique channel and helping young, inspiring writers do the same.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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I'm such a girl because all the guys go for cars because of their engines or something like that. I like the colour and the design.
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An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
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Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
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I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.
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Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.
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Bankruptocracy is as much a European predicament as it is an American 'invention.' The difference between the experience of the two continents is that at least Americans did not have to labour under the enormous design faults of the eurozone.
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The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.
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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
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At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's Luxia TV, an Eames lounge chair or anything by Loro Piana.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
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Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical.
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I dunno. Perhaps you should be happy that I have a policy of refraining from grumbling about handicapped operating systems.
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Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.
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I wanted to do something in the style of a comedy of manners.
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I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut.
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When I'm working, I always make time to get exercise into my schedule.
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Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.
