Ai Yazawa Quotes

At that time I told myself that I didn't want to fall in love ever again. But that night while praying for your happiness Nana, I thought that despite all the wounds and all the pains it could cause I wanted to dream again, and love someone with all my heart. ~ Ai Yazawa

Whatever Yasu loves, I love too.
That's the secret of love. ~ Ai Yazawa

Just don't keep me in the dark about things.
Otherwise, why am I with you? ~ Ai Yazawa

Sometimes isn't it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things. ~ Ai Yazawa

We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us ... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again ... ~ Ai Yazawa

In the world of art, all things are possible.
George from Paradise Kiss ~ Ai Yazawa

I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope - tomorrow will come.Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope ... I learned that from Nana.But rainy days still make my cheeks wet with tears, even now. It was pouring, on that rainy day. ~ Ai Yazawa

You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt. ~ Ai Yazawa

I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death. ~ Ai Yazawa

I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings.. ~ Ai Yazawa

Have you heard a story where the victim of a kidnap falls in love with the kidnapper?
When the victim is trapped in the world of her captor, she must depend on him for survival. When he treats her gently, she feels as though he is her savior. Although he is in fact the root of all evil.
All I have to do is stretch out my hand gently and you'll fall in love with me. This is the scenario. ~ Ai Yazawa

Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you'd have to regrets? ~ Ai Yazawa

Please leave me something ... even one memory would be enough. ~ Ai Yazawa

So you have to accept facts as fact. ~ Ai Yazawa

If I ever fall in love again, I would like it if it were a slightly cold guy. Someone who won't constantly mind about my childish needs but who, the day after the quarrel, for example would offer me a flower accompanied by a sweet note That's kind of guy I need. ~ Ai Yazawa

The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of. ~ Ai Yazawa

Stop rushing me. I want to take my time falling in love with you. ~ Ai Yazawa

Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today's happiness I wouldn't worry about tomorrow. ~ Ai Yazawa

Right now I am working to polish the shards of my dreams. ~ Ai Yazawa

For my 20th birthday in March, I'll buy myself a present for doing my best. A one way ticket to Tokyo. All I need is my guitar and a pack of cigarettes. ~ Ai Yazawa

I have the right to be hated.(Takumi) ~ Ai Yazawa

For us who choose our dreams over our love the only thing we can do for love is perhaps to release the lock around our necks. Through that, the pain may vanish. ~ Ai Yazawa

Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate.
So I think it was fate. ~ Ai Yazawa

I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple. ~ Ai Yazawa

The truth is I always loved him. From the first time I saw him he was so great. But that time I was hurt. I might have been selfish but I was so hurt. I was afraid I would feel more pain. Now I remember every time I was with Shouji I felt better. You hugged me secretly with your heart, didn't you? Now I want you to embrace me with all that warmth, with all your strength. ~ Ai Yazawa

The feeling that was born that night, how could i describe it?Words like love or lust just don't seem right. I may call it jealousy, or may be anxiety and moreover, need. Even now I'm anxious at times because when I am with Ren, everything around feels like a dream. That was how Ren turned my boring life into an illusion, and that was too much for no matter how hard i tried, it seemed I could never catch him. ~ Ai Yazawa

When I need a hit of caffeine ... I'll pay S1.00 for coffee. But I'd much rather sip tea at a fancy cafe. I need to live in a hip place. I want to wear cool clothes. I want to see the latest films. I have to have the best cell phone. I want a driver's license. I wanna see the world!
So I need a job. I have to get it together.
I don't mind working for all that stuff. ~ Ai Yazawa

Tell me, Nana,
If for example we had been a love couple,
Would a hug have been enough to wash away my sadness?
Or then; does every single being carry this loneliness, like a burden?
I wans't intending to monopolizing you
I just wanted you to need me. ~ Ai Yazawa

Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesn't come in one form, it determined by your own heart. ~ Ai Yazawa

The things that stress me out haven't changed.
But I don't wanna lose anything.
So I thought that at least I would change.
I'm lucky ... that I'm afraid of losing something. ~ Ai Yazawa

Don't do stuff that freaks him out, like what you're doing now. Do something that makes him happy. ~ Ai Yazawa

We didn't say good bye. But we knew it would be the end if we were apart. There was no reason to call or write letters. As it would have been meaningless, if we couldn't hold each other tight. ~ Ai Yazawa

Somehow, it seems like in the end, I was the only person left behind, all alone. ~ Ai Yazawa

The more my dream are fulfilled the quicklier they become realities losing their shine. ~ Ai Yazawa

i' don't really understand people who are in love . it's difficult to display your emotions. ~ Ai Yazawa

Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn't blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you. ~ Ai Yazawa

You laugh at love ... but love will make you cry.
- Yasu ~ Ai Yazawa

I don't care if I'm loved back, I still want to love someone.Someone, from the bottom of my heart ... Straightforward, unwavering ... It seems like such a simple thing, so then why ... Must it be so incredibly hard? ~ Ai Yazawa

But I wonder if there is a place I fit in? ~ Ai Yazawa

When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances ... Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night ... ~ Ai Yazawa

I wasn't really able to love someone but I couldn't help but want to be loved. ~ Ai Yazawa

Hey, Hachi
People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it
but I think, you only really recognize it ... when you see it a second time face to face.
-Nana Osaki ~ Ai Yazawa

Maybe I'm just farsighted. The further away something is, the better I can see it but once it gets close, I lose sight of it. ~ Ai Yazawa

The loneliness caused by not hearing Ren's voice ... I felt it deep in the night. I felt it deeper than anyone else.
Even now at times I look back. In this ordinary life without Ren, I think my life with him was like a dream.
Especially on a snowy night like this.
On a night as cold as this. Someone keep this guy warm for me, please. ~ Ai Yazawa

Trapnest means "The Trapped Den" Once we enter it, we can't get out by our own means I thought that that name could only come from a man who love having power over other. ~ Ai Yazawa

Laugh at love and love will make you cry. ~ Ai Yazawa

He who sneers at love will be left howling by love. ~ Ai Yazawa

I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward. ~ Ai Yazawa

I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place. ~ Ai Yazawa

You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me. ~ Ai Yazawa

Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you. ~ Ai Yazawa

Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere.
-Nana Komatsu ~ Ai Yazawa

If you can't stop feeling guilty about Nana support Nana's dreams and wish her success. ~ Ai Yazawa

The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet. ~ Ai Yazawa

It takes a lot of strength to hold onto and care for the things we love, so why is it that god seems to have made humans unable to conjure up that degree of power and love? ~ Ai Yazawa

People like hurting each other but loving is not a waste. ~ Ai Yazawa

Say, Nana ... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought it was cool. I never realized how hurt you were. ~ Ai Yazawa

Hey, Nana ...
people's feelings change easily ...
what you see is a house of cards ...
nothing's sure,
and nothing lasts forever. ~ Ai Yazawa

Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud ... But inside her heart, she houses a wound. Dense as I am, i thought that. This trait of hers was a part of her charm as well..but she never realized how much pain it brought her ... -Nana Komatsu ~ Ai Yazawa

I guess the fact that they made something they could be proud of is more important than any prize ever could be. I can understand that. The beauty of the clothing itself is in the eye of the beholder. Judging art on a point system in the first place seems totally ridiculous! But since I grew up in such a competitive, point-awarding world, I wanted the grand prize more than anything. I wanted to be number one and get all the glory. Glory, huh ... how stupid! ~ Ai Yazawa

The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen. ~ Ai Yazawa

People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot. ~ Ai Yazawa

Right now I am full of greed and vanity, so I cannot live with you like before. But may be we can meet like this. I think just being together and talking would be nice. But when we grow old, when greed and vanity will be completely gone, when I will be tired of singing can I return to that place too? ~ Ai Yazawa

On a freezing night like this, someone, please warm him up for me- Nana ~ Ai Yazawa

Junko: Why don't you find a guy who's a fan of Trapnest, and go to the concert with him?
Kyousuke:Yeah! Do that, Nana. You'll find yourself a boyfriend, and you'll even be able to see the concert! Then you'll be killing two birds with one stone.
Nana Komatsu: I don't want a boyfriend. I'll never fall in love again.
*SILENCE*
Nana Komatsu, thinking: Plus, I've got Nana <3
Junko and Kyousuke, thinking: What will we do? If you take love away from Nana, there's nothing left! ~ Ai Yazawa

What people consider precious is different for everybody. ~ Ai Yazawa

You know Hachi, your life depends only on ourselves. I'm still convinced about this ... But I've also learned to accept that people ... don't all become as strong, and it made me kinder than before. ~ Ai Yazawa

I, who was empty ... I made myself believe that I could only fill it.. by falling in love ... at that time to me.. in this world around you, Nana ... Everything was so shiny that I was blinded. That doesn't mean that anyone would suit me ... I just wanted to be in the same light as you. ~ Ai Yazawa

It's not just the music. When we develop a working AI or upload minds, we'll need a way of defending it against legal threats. That's what Gianni pointed out to me ... ~ Charles Stross

Whoever perceives that robots and artificial intelligence are merely here to serve humanity, think again. With virtual domestic assistants and driverless cars just the latest in a growing list of applications, it is we humans who risk becoming dumbed down and ultimately subservient to machines. ~ Alex Morritt

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things anew. And he said unto me, bWrite: for these cwords are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. aI am bAlpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the cwater of life freely. 7 He that aovercometh shall binherit call things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my dson ~ Anonymous

When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project. ~ Vernor Vinge

I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust. ~ Ai Weiwei

The ever shining stars represent the blessings from each family members praying for us. ~ Amy Poh Ai Ling

We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about. ~ Ai Weiwei

People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I do is not art. Let's say it is just objects or materials, movies or writing, but not art, OK? ~ Ai Weiwei

Again, how will we keep them loyal? What measures can ensure our machines stay true to us? Once artificial intelligence matches our own, won't they then design even better ai minds? Then better still, with accelerating pace? At worst, might they decide (as in many cheap dramas), to eliminate their irksome masters? At best, won't we suffer the shame of being nostalgically tolerated? Like senile grandparents or beloved childhood pets? Solutions? Asimov proposed Laws of Robotics embedded at the level of computer DNA, weaving devotion toward humanity into the very stuff all synthetic minds are built from, so deep it can never be pulled out. But what happens to well-meant laws? Don't clever lawyers construe them however they want? Authors like Asimov and Williamson foresaw supersmart mechanicals becoming all-dominant, despite deep programming to "serve man. ~ David Brin

All perception is the result of electrical impulses in the brain - the world of the individual is tantamount to a highly advanced computer running and analyzing programs in its working memory. ~ Kevin Michel

The strange flavour of AI work is that people try to put together long sets of rules in strict formalisms which tell inflexible machines how to be flexible. ~ Douglas Hofstadter

I have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is okay, to speak out. ~ Ai Weiwei

I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age. ~ Ai Weiwei

When people bore me, I close my eyes and try to remember the order the Seven Dwarfs marched in. But it's not always the dwarfs I think about. Sometimes aI try to list all of the Canadian provinces. ~ Stephan Pastis

It doesn't matter if you are not 'good' at creative activity. You do not have to be 'good' at pushups before they strengthen your arms. You have to do them to get them to strengthen your arms, and so it is with creative activities: you have to do them to exercise those parts of your brain. Those creative activities that easily integrate with daily life are best because, as with atheltic exercise programs, thoses that intrude on busy schedule are not likely to get done ~ Neil Kirby

It is difficult to make good scalable use of a CPU like you can of a graphics card. You certainly don't want 'better or worse' physics or AI in your game ~ John Carmack

Artificial Intelligence is not just learning patterns from data, but understanding human emotions and its evolution from its depth and not just fulfilling the surface level human requirements, but sensitivity towards human pain, happiness, mistakes, sufferings and well-being of the society are the parts of the evolving new AI systems. ~ Amit Ray

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. ~ Ai Weiwei

Thus, in moments of catastrophe, when hard decisions needed to be made quickly, all AIs included in their calculations a human death toll governed by a factor called 'pigheadedness'. ~ Neal Asher

AI has been solved. ~ Arthur T. Murray

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight. ~ Ai Weiwei

Can I cuddle up with you when you sleep?"

Sma stopped, detached the creature from her shoulder with one hand and stared it in the face. "What?"

"Just for chumminess' sake," the little thing said, yawning wide and blinking. "I'm not being rude; it's a good bonding procedure."

Sma was aware of Skaffen-Amtiskaw glowing red just behind her. She brought the yellow and brown device closer to her face. "Listen, Xenophobe - "

"Xeny."

"Xeny. You are a million-ton starship. A Torturer class Rapid Offensive Unit. Even - "

"But I'm demilitarized!"

"Even without your principle armament, I bet you could waste planets if you wanted to - "

"Aw, come on; any silly GCU can do that!"

"So what's all this shit for?" She shook the furry little remote drone, quite hard. Its teeth chattered.

"It's for a laugh!" it cried. "Sma, don't you appreciate a joke?"

"I don't know. Do you appreciate being drop-kicked back to the accommodation area?"

"Ooh! What's your problem, lady? Have you got something against small furry animals, or what?" Look Ms. Sma, I know very well I'm a ship, and I do everything I'm asked to do - including taking you to this frankly rather fuzzily specified destination - and do it very efficiently, too. If there was the slightest sniff of any real action, and I had to start acting like a warship, this construct in your hands would go lifeless ~ Iain M. Banks

The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of young students lost their lives, and you could see bags and study material everywhere. Then you realize individual life, media, and the lives of the students are serving very different purposes. The lives of the students disappeared within the state propaganda, and very soon everybody will forget everything. ~ Ai Weiwei

Artificial intelligence will not destroy this planet, irresponsible human intelligence will. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Turing presented his new offering in the form of a thought experiment, based on a popular Victorian parlor game. A man and a woman hide, and a judge is asked to determine which is which by relying only on the texts of notes passed back and forth.
Turing replaced the woman with a computer. Can the judge tell which is the man? If not, is the computer conscious? Intelligent? Does it deserve equal rights?
It's impossible for us to know what role the torture Turing was enduring at the time played in his formulation of the test. But it is undeniable that one of the key figures in the defeat of fascism was destroyed, by our side, after the war, because he was gay. No wonder his imagination pondered the rights of strange creatures. ~ Jaron Lanier

I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later. ~ Ai Weiwei

Ho, or Nguyen Ai Quoc, thus became the first Vietnamese communist and a founding member of the French Communist party, born out of the split. ~ Wilfred Burchett

I truly believe Ai is the key to unlocking the full potential of human focused digital, so it is important that we understand what Artificial Intelligence is, in order to understand what it is going to mean for design. Because now that it is here, we have a solid foundation to start creating more intelligent, invisible experiences that make us more human by design. We are at the precipice of one of the most significant discoveries of development since we learnt how to light a fire. ~ Pete Trainor

Liberty is about our rights to question everything. ~ Ai Weiwei

The subtle working of ki is the maternal source that affects changes in breath. It is also the source of martial art as love. When one unifies mind and body by virtue of ki and manifests ai-ki (harmony of ki), delicate changes in breath-power occur spontaneously and "waza" (proper technique) flows freely. ~ Kisshomaru Ueshiba

I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable - how we decide what is valuable. ~ Ai Weiwei

To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity ... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this. ~ Ai Weiwei