In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Japanese say, If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.
One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.
Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.
A thoughtful cup of tea brought to your bedside each morning means more to me than the huge bouquet of flowers bought once a year.
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.
I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.
Japanimation is a whole different art form.