Dazai Osamu

Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) was a Japanese writer and novelist. He underwent a tumultuous life with several suicide attempt, the last being successful. Dazai Osamu was one of the most famous Japanese writers.

Wisdom & Quotes

• To be a friend of the weak - that is the artist's point of departure as well as his ultimate goal.
• A true artist is an ugly man.
• What is art?

A violet.
Is that all?
.................
What is an artist?
A pig's snout.
I protest!
That snout can smell a violet.

• Labeled a delinquent. That's the only kind of label I want to be crucified under.

- The Setting Sun

Kwame Nkrumah