Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or haiku:
“The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)
“The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)