Quotes by Japanese/Japan authors (page 12)

"The frontier orbital approach was further developed in various directions by my own group and many other scientists, both theoretical and experimental"

Kenichi Fukui, Scientist

"Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth"

Kenichi Fukui, Scientist

"The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"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"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"There is a role and function for beauty in our time"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!"

Shunryu Suzuki, Leader

"But the nature of my main work in chemistry can be better represented by more than 280 English publications, of which roughly 200 concern the theory of chemical reactions and related subjects"

Kenichi Fukui, Scientist

"I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play"

Mako, Actor

"To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"For cubic U I didn't know how it all got started at all"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, "Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts.""

Mako, Actor

"French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"This simple idea served to provide information on the geometrical shape of reacting molecules, and I was able to make the role of the frontier orbitals in chemical reactions more distinct through visualization, by drawing their diagrams"

Kenichi Fukui, Scientist

"Did you know that the word "tsunami," which is now being used worldwide, is a Japanese word? This is indicative of the extent to which Japan has been subject to frequent tsunami disasters in the past"

Junichiro Koizumi, Statesman

"When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

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Quotes by Japanese authors