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Art Quotes by Bruce Lee

62 Art quotes by Bruce Lee

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An empty cup shows that usefulness comes from space, not from what fills it. The quotes say the highest art is freedom without form, and that true skill starts with self‑knowledge. They also describe art as a way to project inner visions into the world.

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My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

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The highest art is no art. The best form is no form.

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Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

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A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

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Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.

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Remember... you are expressing the technique, not doing the technique.

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To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

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What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

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All martial arts is simply an honest expression of one's body - with a lot of deception in between.

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Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.

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A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.

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Art requires imagination. It requires Creativity. Creativity requires experience and experience comes from your life. And your life is expressed in your…

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Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.

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Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.

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Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

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I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an…

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The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in…

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Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise…

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I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.…

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The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly,…

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When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When…

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When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of]…

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The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be…

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You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement,…

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Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God…

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To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy…

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Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I…

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A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly…

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All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how…

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...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God…

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To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.

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The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

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The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.

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A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

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Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

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Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

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The highest art is no art. The highest form is no form

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The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time.

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The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

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Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life.

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The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

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I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have…

Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.

Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it…

A person cannot forget someone who is good to them.

The highest art is no art. The highest form is no form

To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what…

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is…

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.