Quite paradoxically, people don’t always find success pleasant and important. We fight, then fall. In the midst of the despair and anger, our life can be intensely colorful. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 – 1996): The Eyes of Taro… More »
There should be two ways in life, the way to make a living and the way to really live on. However, most people only think about how to get their living in this world. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911… More »
All of us who truly live are young and old at the same time, and we bear such a human destiny. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 – 1996): The Eyes of Taro Okamoto (Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay)… More »
“Tradition” is not a thing of the past. It is something that is created moment by moment through the present self. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 – 1996): The Eyes of Taro Okamoto (Image by Jonathan Singer from Pixabay)… More »
I wonder why people are so lethargic and inconsistent. To say that the world is boring means that they who say so are boring. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 – 1996): The Eyes of Taro Okamoto (translation by Okamoto… More »
Why do we create? If we don’t, the world will be too boring, so create something. Get your pencil and paper right now. That’s it. Just make whatever sound you like, make the sound you want to make. – Taro… More »
It is commonly said that some people stand at the crossroads in their lives, but that is not accurate. In truth, everyone is always standing at a fork in the path in their life. Should they go this way or… More »
Everyone seems to think that life is cumulative. On the contrary, I think it should be unloaded. The more wealth and knowledge one accumulates, the more freedom one loses. If you stick to the accumulation of the past, you will… More »
For me, art is life itself. I would like to emphasize that art is the way of life that lives the most intensely as a human being, unconditionally exuding life and exploding. “Art is (an) explosion”…but what I call (an)… More »
Today’s art should not be good. It should not be beautiful. It should not be pleasant. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 – 1996): Today’s Art [The Art of Today] (Image by kojikamei from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text,… More »
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