If we take the nations of the world as a single body, then Japan is the cancer that's eating it away and it must be removed.
— Runaway Horses
Criticizing Japan's imperialistic endeavors and advocating for cultural and ethical self-purification.
Historical Figure
Yukio Mishima Quotes
Japanese author on beauty, death, and the warrior spirit
5 Curated Quotes
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.
— The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Beauty portrayed as both powerful and destructive, much like fire.
We could never hold up Kinkaku so that others could laugh at us. We had to live with it, knowing it was a beauty beyond reach for people like us.
— The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Acknowledging the unattainable and ambiguous nature of beauty.
He who climbs a high tree must take much care, but he who climbs to Heaven need not fear.
— Sun and Steel
Reflections on spiritual and physical transcendence.
Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.
— Kinkaku-ji
Captured moments of fleeting and dangerous beauty.