Quotes by Japanese authors

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Small: A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life
Issey Miyake
"A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who
Issey Miyake
"One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who started with underwear fabric - jerseys - we used the machine that made underwear to make something else"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: I have worked with several dance companies
Issey Miyake
"I have worked with several dance companies"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them
Issey Miyake
"You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because its easy to work with, to wash, to take care of,
Issey Miyake
"I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: We can also cut by heat - heat punch. And we also can cut by cold - extreme cold. When you cut with heat, it m
Issey Miyake
"We can also cut by heat - heat punch. And we also can cut by cold - extreme cold. When you cut with heat, it makes a mark. With cold, no mark. It depends on the fabric"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing
Issey Miyake
"Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14
Issey Miyake
"By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14"
Issey Miyake, Designer
Small: People around me called me an idol, so thats what I was
"People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: If I cant get a mental image from the song, I wont sing it
"If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I stopped caring what people thought
"I stopped caring what people thought"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried
"I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: For the most part, I dont care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular
"For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit
Shinichi Suzuki
"It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
Small: Now, on nights that I cant sleep, I play video games alone until the morning
"Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Im not completely at ease at rapping, I cant do it well yet
"I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do
"After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Until now, Ive not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this bef
"Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance
"I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do
"I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I get even more nervous singing when everyones fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of t
"I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: From my debut until now, Ive always wanted to sing and dance
"From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people
"Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didnt have time to think
"When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Simply, there are many things I would like to do
"Simply, there are many things I would like to do"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: My popularity plunged three years ago and I didnt try to court publicity
"My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: In the beginning, I didnt dance that much and stuff
"In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that Ive
"Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think
"I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others
"Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child
"During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didnt have the opportunity to do them
"Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be
"I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: I guess you could say Im cautious, or a coward
"I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Every child grows everything depends on the teacher
Shinichi Suzuki
"Every child grows; everything depends on the teacher"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
Small: Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing
"Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, Im not a very adventureous person. I dont look for change
"Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Tone has the living soul
Shinichi Suzuki
"Tone has the living soul"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
Small: Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill
Shinichi Suzuki
"Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
Small: Children learn to smile from their parents
Shinichi Suzuki
"Children learn to smile from their parents"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician