Manga uses Japanese traditional structures in how to teach the student and to transmit a very direct message. You learn from the teacher by watching from behind his back. The whole teacher-master thing is part of Asian culture, I think.
Takashi MurakamiRather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
Takashi MurakamiNew York City is still the art capital - every time I'm in New York, I'm thinking about competition.
Takashi MurakamiI'm always looking for ways to connect myself with American people and that American feeling. I'm trying to pick up on the feeling of places, like the Los Angeles feeling or the New York feeling... Los Angeles is much better for me that way.
Takashi Murakami