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—What does making a “cartoon movie” mean to you? Miyazaki: I just want to make films I want to see. I think that cartoon movies above all help our spirits relax, they make us feel happy, and they make us feel refreshed. And while doing so, they may also allow us to escape from ourselves
Hayao Miyazaki • Starting Point: 1979-1996
If there is competition at the core of a person’s interpersonal relationships, he will not be able to escape interpersonal relationship problems or escape misfortune. YOUTH: Why not? PHILOSOPHER: Because at the end of a competition, there are winners and losers.
Ichiro Kishimi • The Courage to Be Disliked
Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection, Anniversary Edition
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Does this mean that my life has been nothing but a process through which I am giving concrete form to the dormant image inside me?
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84: Books 1 and 2
Anjin Lounge | Daikanyama — WHEN IN TOKYO | Tokyo's Art, Design and Architecture Guide
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Yohji-san has developed a definition of what’s beautiful that’s his and his alone — that your clothes protect you, sure, but in doing so, they hint at the soul within and insist on your humanness.