“At seventy-three I have at last caught every aspect of nature – birds, fish, animals, insects, trees, grasses, all. When I am eighty I shall have developed still further, and I will really master the secrets of art at ninety. When I reach a hundred my work will be truly sublime, and my final goal will be attained around the age of one hundred and ten, when every line and dot I draw will be imbued with life.”

Katsushika Hokusi, Master of Wood-block Print, (1760-1849) in Giants of Japan, by Mark Weston, Kodansha International, New York, 1999, p 120.

“At seventy-three I have at last caught every aspect of nature – birds, fish, animals, insects, trees, grasses, all. When I am eighty I shall have developed still further, and I will really master the secrets of art at ninety. When I reach a hundred my work will be truly sublime, and my final goal will be attained around the age of one hundred and ten, when every line and dot I draw will be imbued with life.”

Katsushika Hokusi, Master of Wood-block Print, (1760-1849) in Giants of Japan, by Mark Weston, Kodansha International, New York, 1999, p 120.

Write down the answers of the questions on a sheet of paper.

1. First read the quote out loud.
2. What are you reminded of?
3. Katsushika says he has caught every aspect of nature in his wood-block prints. What are you catching in your work?
4. What is developing still further for you?
5. What does sublime mean in your work?
6. What is the point that Katsushika is making?
7. How could you imbue life in your work?

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