"The Great Wave" by Hokusai (1760-1849)


"Hokusai learned from Dutch and French pastoral landscapes with their perspective, shading, and realistic shadows and turned them into Japanese landscapes. More importantly, he introduced the serenity of nature and the unity of man and his surroundings into Japanese popular art.(...) By the the 1880's, Japanese prints were the rage in Western culture and Hokusai's prints were studied by young European artists, such as Van Gogh, in a style called Japonaiserie. Thus Western painting returned to the West."

Isto faz-me pensar, foi um impulso de dentro do Homem que fez nascer a arte mas ela não sobrevivaria, não se elevaria, se não fosse alimentada através da diferença que existe entre todos nós.