nande mo nai koto wa ryuukou ni shitagau, juudaina koto wa doutoku ni shitagau. geijutsu no koto wa jibun ni shitagau

in futile things I follow the fashion, in important things I follow the public morality, in art I follow myself

nelle cose futili seguo i capricci e le mode, nelle cose importanti seguo la morale, in arte seguo me stesso

Yasujiro Ozu