Kōtarō Takamura (1883 - 1956)

“‘There’s no such color in Japan’ is accepted as a condemnatory pronouncement. I’d like to ignore this local color. Needless to say, I am saying this from the standpoint of an artist.

Even if someone paints a ‘green sun’, I will not say it is wrong. This is because there may be a time when the sun looks that way to me too.”