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An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro (Author of An Artist of the Floating World)

“A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions.
If one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is consolation – indeed, deep satisfaction – to be gained from his observation when looking back over one’s life.” (An Artist of the Floating World Quotes)

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“An artist’s concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World Quotes

“At times it was almost as it had been years ago, when on a sunny day the family would sit there together exchanging relaxed, often vacuous talk.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“But to be frank, there’s much relief around the company. We feel now we can forget our past transgressions and look to the future. It was a great thing our President did.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn’t mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“For indeed, a man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if in the end he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“For their kind do not know what it is to risk everything in the endeavor to rise above the mediocre.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“How so much honorable is such a contest, in which one’s moral conduct and achievement are brought as witnesses rather than the size of one’s purse.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“I suppose I do not on the whole greatly admire the ‘Tortoises’ of this world. While one may appreciate their plodding steadiness and ability to survive, one suspects their lack of frankness, their capacity for treachery. And I suppose, in the end, one despises their unwillingness to take chances in the name of ambition or for the sake of a principle they claim to believe in.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“If one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is a consolation indeed, a deep satisfaction to be gained from this observation when looking back over one’s life.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“In any case, there is surely no great shame in mistakes made in the best of faith. It is surely a thing far more shameful go be unable or unwilling to acknowledge them.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“My conscience, Sensei, tells me I cannot remain forever an artist of the floating world.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“My mother fell silent for some moments. Then she said: ‘When you are young, there are many things which appear dull and lifeless. But as you get older, you will find these are the very things that are most important to you.

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“Of course, it is tragic that so many of his generation died as they did, but why must he harbour such bitterness for his elders?”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“The best things, he always used to say, are put together of a night and vanish with the morning. What people call the floating world, Ono, was a world Gisaburo knew how to value.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“Something has changed in the character of the younger generation in a way I do not fully understand, and certain aspects of this change are undeniably disturbing.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World Quotes

“We’re the only ones who care now. The likes of you and me, when we look back over our lives and see they were flawed, we’re the only ones who care now.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

“When you are young, there are many things which appear dull and lifeless. But as you get older, you will find these are the very things that are most important to you.”

Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World

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