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Quote card: At seventy-three I partly understood the structure of animals, birds, insects and fishes, and the life of grasses and plants.

“At seventy-three I partly understood the structure of animals, birds, insects and fishes, and the life of grasses and plants.”

Katsushika Hokusai, postscript to One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (1834). Translations vary.

A great craftsman at seventy-three still felt he was only partly there. There is always more to learn in your trade.

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