Hijikata Tatsumi Quotes

#1. Alas, my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence.

William Shakespeare

#2. When one considers the body in relation to dance, it is then that one truly realizes what suffering is: it is a part of our lives. No matter how much we search for it from the outside there is no way we can find it without delving into ourselves.

Tatsumi Hijikata

#3. I hurried away to the white hall of Phantasy heedless of the innumerable forms of beauty that crowded my way: these might cross my eyes, but the unseen filled my brain.

George MacDonald

#4. Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.

Christine Pelosi

#5. Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh's radical essence is hidden here.

Tatsumi Hijikata

#6. The dance of darkness must spout blood into the air, in the name of the experience of evil

Tatsumi Hijikata

#7. There are as many types of Butoh as there are Butoh choreographers.

Tatsumi Hijikata

#8. The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin.

John Owen

#9. Knowledge can be acquired from others. Understanding is your own.

Sunil Malhotra

#10. And what about magic?"
"What about it?"
"Will you teach me?"
"You don't even know if you're capable of doing magic."
"How do I find out? Is there a test or something?"
"Yes, we cut off your head. If it grows back, you can do magic.

Derek Landy

#11. Affirmations: "I love & respect my mind, body, spirit." & "I do what best nurtures all parts of myself." & "I thrive on wholeness." Namaste!

Jay Woodman

#12. Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet

Tatsumi Hijikata