"Others have seen what is and asked why.
I have seen what could be and asked why not."
さらば 諭吉

"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt,
and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."
これ は ゾンビ です か

"The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."
永島 まなみ