Matsuo Bashō

Quotes

• “Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”
• “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
• “This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds.”
• “Winter solitude-in a world of one colourthe sound of the wind.”
• “Summer grasses,All that remainsOf soldiers' dreams”