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Geisha Quotes

Arthur Golden quote: "Geisha is always called beautiful even if she is not."
Geisha is always called beautiful even if she is not. Arthur Golden
She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret. Arthur Golden
Arthur Golden quote: "We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy;..."
We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice. Arthur Golden
The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training. Diana Vreeland
Ziyi Zhang quote: "I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet..."
I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas. Ziyi Zhang
You cannot say to the sun, 'More sun,' or to the rain, 'Less rain.' To a man, geisha can only be half a wife. We are the wives of nightfall. And yet, to learn kindness after so much unkindness, to understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew, would find her prayers were answered, can that not be called happiness? After all these are not the memoirs of an empress, nor of a queen. These are memoirs of another kind. Arthur Golden
Helen Fielding quote: "Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time..."
Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have anaccepted status? like geisha girls do Helen Fielding
Arthur Golden quote: "A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses..."
A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms. Arthur Golden
What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done? Arthur Golden
Arthur Golden quote: "It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have..."
It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have anything that corresponds to geisha. Arthur Golden
I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. Arthur Golden
Ziyi Zhang quote: "There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of..."
There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan. Ziyi Zhang
Ziyi Zhang quote: "For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask."
For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask. Ziyi Zhang

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