

“I've caused people a lot of grief. I haven't written anything worthwhile. It's all bluster. Dishonesty. Cravenness. Lies. Lechery. Cowardice. I don't need to wait for God's judgment, I'm already constantly spilling out lame excuses.”
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic

“It may be that the reason we love nature is because it expresses neither jealousy nor hatred toward us.”
― Kappa
― Kappa

“I discovered that, for me, what might become art was not the scenery of Tokyo, but the "I" inside the scenery. Had I become deluded by art? Had I deluded art? Conclusion: Art is "I".”
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic

“Life is an awful ordeal. So many chains to bind you. Try to move an inch and the blood comes spurting out.”
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic

“A hometown is like a mole on your face,' he said. Once you start letting it bother you, there's no end. You can cut it off, but the scar will always remain.”
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
― Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
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