He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
MATSUO BASHOOld pond, leap-splash – a frog.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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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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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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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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