The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share Image
He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share Image
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo.… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share
Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world? — Matsuo Basho Copy Share
“In the end, without skill or talent, I've given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly burst. Tu… — Matsuo Bashô Copy Share
Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share
the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being. — Matsuo Basho Copy Share
Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world? — Matsuo Basho Copy Share
