“The key to keep a great friendship is not to make friends with the people who are really not your friend.” PeopleKeysGreat FriendGreat Friendship Author:Hiroko Sakai
“If we have received a precious gift from God, it is our imagination. When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are bombs of possibilities.” IfsImaginationPossibilityBombsGift From GodPrecious GiftsPower Of Imagination Author:Hiroko Sakai
“People say 'I love Artists', but what they really know about Artists? They've ever thought about sharing the real madness with us? I believe those extreme passions/emotions in me separated from the real world is the sauce to pull out the inspirations out of me that touch the core of people's hearts, which is usually wandering about deep inside of you unconsciously covered with the social taboo called 'common sense'.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveHeartRealInspirationArtistPassionI BelieveSocialCommonEmotionMadnessExtremesCoreCommon SenseWanderCoveredReal WorldTabooSauceDeep InsideSocial Taboos Author:Hiroko Sakai
“The mercy of forgiveness is brought from the strength to accept any situation given and faced. Spiritual independence and humbleness toward life makes life like a flowing river of release. What happens will happen anyways, and everybody can make mistakes. The important thing is to learn how to make a better future from the mistake.” ImportantHappensSpiritualGivenMistakeSituationAcceptingRiversMercyIndependenceImportant ThingsReleaseMaking MistakesBetter FutureHumblenessFlowing River Author:Hiroko Sakai
“When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account.” NeedsInspirationPaintingAccountsChecksBank AccountsDeep Depression Author:Hiroko Sakai
“The privilege of struggling artists is ... the life being buried in what we can't really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!” ArtistStrugglePrivilegeBuriedGorgeous Author:Hiroko Sakai
“When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing.” NightWatchesLateWineDrinkingPaintCarefulBeerDrinking Beer Author:Hiroko Sakai
“I love fortune readings! because when I get in troubles, if the reading says that I am in a lucky day, I can think my troubles are just some kind of mistakes, and if the reading says that I am in the unlucky day, I can think that my troubles are just because of my bad luck. Either ways, I can know the reason of my troubles.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindI CanReasonReadingMistakeTroubleLuckyLuckFortuneBad LuckUnluckyLucky Day Author:Hiroko Sakai
“The more I drive myself into the depth of my inside, the more things come up to my vision, visibly or invisibly... I even do not know if I am seeing them with my eye or with my mind. I just need to copy them on my canvases. But this mental process is always overwhelming. I often have hard time to deal with my emotion on this state. You could call this depression on surface? But actually, so many 're-birth' and 'reform' are going on on my thoughts, inspiration, philosophy...etc in the underwater. I believe this struggle make my art real. My art always comes from my emotion.” IfsKnowsNeedsMindBelieveArtRealHardStatesPhilosophyInspirationEyeI BelieveProcessDealsEmotionVisionStruggleSeeingBirthDepthCome UpSurfaceReformHard TimesEtcCopiesOverwhelmingMy ThoughtsUnderwater Author:Hiroko Sakai