LIGHTWEIGHT BUT DEEP. SERENE AND PEACEFUL WITH A TOUCH OF STORIES UNDERNEATH AND UNSPOKEN POETS BETWEEN EVERY STROKE.
Daughter Miyuki, Uemura Shoen, 1914, From the collection of: Adachi Museum of Art
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Cat and Plum Blossoms, Hishida shunso, 1906, From the collection of: Adachi Museum of Art
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
Dragon and Clouds, Yokoyama Taikan, 1937, From the collection of: Adachi Museum of Art
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
Peonies, Sakakibara Shiho, 1938, From the collection of: Adachi Museum of Art
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
Still Life, Sakakibara Shiho, 1924, From the collection of: Adachi Museum of Art
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”
― Chuck Klosterman
The Girl Gazing Ahead, Chihiro Iwasaki, 1967 - 1967, From the collection of: Chihiro Art Museum
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Boy among Tulips, Chihiro Iwasaki, 1965 - 1965, From the collection of: Chihiro Art Museum
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
Flower Hand-cart, Chihiro Iwasaki, 1967 - 1967, From the collection of: Chihiro Art Museum
“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mother's Day, Chihiro Iwasaki, 1972 - 1972, From the collection of: Chihiro Art Museum
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Port of Marseilles, Albert Marquet, 1916, From the collection of: Ohara Museum of Art
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw
All Things Die, But All Will Be Resurrected through God's Love, Léon Frédéric, 1893 - 1918, From the collection of: Ohara Museum of Art
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Pablo Picasso
Birds and Flowers of Spring and Summer, Kano Eino, Edo period (latter half of 17th century), From the collection of: Suntory Museum of Art
“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”
― John Keats, Letters of John Keats
Musashino, Unknown, Edo period (17th century), From the collection of: Suntory Museum of Art
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso
Important Art Object Flowering Plants in Autumn, Attributed to Ogata Korin, Edo period (18th century), From the collection of: Suntory Museum of Art
“You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.”
― Rick Riordan
Stationery box with sea shell design in maki-e, Ogawa Haritsu, 1663/1747, From the collection of: Suntory Museum of Art
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
― Vincent van Gogh
Famous Sites of the Sumida River, Sumiyoshi school, Edo period (late 18th century), From the collection of: Suntory Museum of Art
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
― J.K. Rowling,
Maple Viewers, Kano Hideyori, 16th century, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum
“A person's a person, no matter how small.”
― Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!
Cypress Trees, Kano Eitoku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum
“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon
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