5 Quotes by Tanizaki Jun’ichirô

Everything seems sad this autumn. I wonder if it is a sign of age - I have always liked the spring, and this is the first time I have understood the autumn.

I have written all this because I have thought that there might still be somewhere, possibly in literature or the arts, where something could be saved. I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration.

V'è, in noi Orientali, un'inclinazione ad accettare i limiti, e le circostanze, della vita. Ci rassegniamo all'ombra così com'è, e senza repulsione. La luce è fievole? Lasciamo che le tenebre ci inghiottano, e scopriamo loro una beltà.

Lo que es verdad por el trajo lo es también por el maquillaje: se puede encontrar belleza en un rostro totalmente artificial, pero nunca se experimentará la impresión de autenticidad que produce la belleza sin maquillaje.

Lo que es verdad por el traje lo es también para el maquillaje: se puede encontrar belleza en un rostro totalmente artificial, pero nunca se experimentará la impresión de autenticidad que produce la belleza sin maquillaje (p. 57, 1)