--- title: "2 Blossoms Quotes By Ikkyu" description: "2 Blossoms quotes by Ikkyu. Plus more from Ikkyu and more Blossoms sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/ikkyu-20530_blossoms_look-at-the-cherry-blossoms-their-color_405027.png" --- > [Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/look-at-the-cherry-blossoms-their-color-and-scent-fall-with-them-are/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/ikkyu-20530_blossoms_look-at-the-cherry-blossoms-their-color_405027.png) > [Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/break-open-the-cherry-tree-where-are-the-blossoms-just-wait-for/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/ikkyu-20530_blossoms_break-open-the-cherry-tree-where-are-the_2263554.png) ## More by Ikkyu > [I and other humans no difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/i-and-other-humans-no-difference/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [Having no destination, I am never lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/having-no-destination-i-am-never-lost/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“don't wait for the man standing in the snow to cut off his arm help him now”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/don-t-wait-for-the-man-standing-in-the-snow-to-cut-off-his-arm-help/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/look-at-the-cherry-blossoms-their-color-and-scent-fall-with-them-are/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [From the world of passions returning to the world of passions: There is a moment's pause. If it rains, let it rain, if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/from-the-world-of-passions-returning-to-the-world-of-passions-there/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“we're lost where the mind can't find us utterly lost”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/we-re-lost-where-the-mind-can-t-find-us-utterly-lost/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [Watching my four year old daughter dance I cannot break free of her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/watching-my-four-year-old-daughter-dance-i-cannot-break-free-of-her/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/like-vanishing-dew-a-passing-apparition-or-the-sudden-flash-of/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [My real dwelling Has no pillars And no roof either So rain cannot soak it And wind cannot blow it down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/my-real-dwelling-has-no-pillars-and-no-roof-either-so-rain-cannot/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/studying-texts-and-stiff-meditation-can-make-you-lose-your-original/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [The tree is stripped, All color, fragrance gone, Yet already on the bough, Uncaring spring!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/the-tree-is-stripped-all-color-fragrance-gone-yet-already-on-the/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“it isn't that we're alone or not alone whose voice do you want mine? yours?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/it-isn-t-that-we-re-alone-or-not-alone-whose-voice-do-you-want-mine/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“Hearing a crow with no mouth Cry in the deep Darkness of the night, I feel a longing for My father before he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/hearing-a-crow-with-no-mouth-cry-in-the-deep-darkness-of-the-night-i/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“don't hesitate get laid that's wisdom sitting around chanting what crap”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/don-t-hesitate-get-laid-that-s-wisdom-sitting-around-chanting-what/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) > [“born born everything is always born thinking about it try not to”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ikkyu/born-born-everything-is-always-born-thinking-about-it-try-not-to/) [Ikkyu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ikkyu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blossoms/ikkyu/#itemlist", "name": "2 Blossoms Quotes By Ikkyu", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Look at the cherry blossoms! 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