Japanese Descent

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or descent:

    “I am a lantern—
    My head a moon
    Of Japanese paper, my gold beaten skin
    Infinitely delicate and infinitely expensive.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “When power becomes gracious and descends into the visible—such descent I call beauty.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)