"The hand that guides the brush has already……" — Eugen Herrigel
"The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment the mind began to form it, and in the end the pupil no longer knows which of the two-mind or hand -was responsible for the work."
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15 Quotes by Eugen Herrigel
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Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to…
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The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
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Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make…
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Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the…
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The man, the art, the work--it is all one.
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This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at…
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In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.
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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And…
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By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you…
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I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years.…
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The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the…
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Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret…
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