The basis of art is change in the universe.
MATSUO BASHOEvery day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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