I have been in love with painting ever since I became conscious of it at the age of six. I drew some pictures I thought fairly good when I was fifty, but really nothing I did before the age of seventy was of any value at all. At seventy-three I have at last caught every aspect of nature -- birds, fish, animals, insects, trees, grasses, all. When I am eighty I shall have developed still further, and I will really master the secrets of art at ninety. When I reach a hundred my work will be truly sublime, and my final goal will be attained around the age of one hundred and ten, when every line and dot I draw will be imbued with life.
-- Katsushika Hokusai / Gakyō Rōjin Manji (The Old Man Mad About Art)
2 comments:
What an inspired and inspirational post. Makes me wish I could live to 110 just to see what I might do with all that time.
Agree with robin -- an inspirational post. I also liked the photo of Oboe, and of a bit of your work area. It looks a bit like how things are around here - interesting and inspiring little bits and pieces.
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