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Love these two quotes by Hokusai (source: http://hokusai.us.com/quotes_en http://hokusai.us.com/quotes_en ): “From the age of six I had a mania for drawing the
by ianai 6y ago
Love these two quotes by Hokusai (source: http://hokusai.us.com/quotes_en http://hokusai.us.com/quotes_en ):
“From the age of six I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was fifty I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the age of seventy is not worth bothering with. At seventy-five I'll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am eighty you will see real progress. At ninety I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At one hundred, I shall be a marvellous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign myself The Old Man Mad About Drawing."
"If heaven had granted me five more years, I could have become a real painter."
- tootie 6y agoMy favorite Hokusai fact is that he is also credited with inventing tentacle porn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s...
- ianai 6y agoHe also apparently never lived in the same place long. He’d move instead of cleaning anything.
- jaggederest 6y agoI've often thought about building a house from waterproof materials with floor drains and just hosing the whole thing down. You'd have to move furniture but getting to use a pressure washer is its own reward, I think.
- ianai 6y agoAgree, with how dirty kids/pets/adults left to their own devices can be it’s a wonder this hasn’t been a thing before now. I bet it’s hard to get anything waterproof that’d feel like a bedroom/living room space.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoThis was a 1950s-ish fantasy house-of-the-future conceit — along with plates you don't clean because they're chemically recycled after one use — No, I lie, it's because they melt and go down the drain with your wastewater. Internet articles covering this tend to vanish after a short while but consider https://www.treehugger.com/vision-city-future-not-far-reality-present-4855299 https://www.treehugger.com/vision-city-future-not-far-realit...
- pezezin 6y agoAh, the centuries old ゴミ屋敷 (gomi yashiki) tradition...
- aidenn0 6y agoTIL it's only 3 clicks from "The Great Wave" to "La Blue Girl" on wikipedia...