The Shadow-maker Shapes Forever.

In Order To Comprehend The Beauty Of A Japanese Garden, It Is Necessary To Understand - Or At Least To Learn To Understand - The Beauty Of Stone.

The Western Poet And Writer Of Romance Has Exactly The Same Kind Of Difficulty In Comprehending Eastern Subjects As You Have In Comprehending Western Subjects.

Perhaps There Is An Idea Among Japanese Students That One General Difference Between Japanese And Western Poetry Is That The Former Cultivates Short Forms And The Latter Longer Ones, Gut This Is Only In Part True.

There Was Very Little Suicide Among The Men Of The North, Because Every Man Considered It His Duty To Get Killed, Not To Kill Himself; And To Kill Himself Would Have Seemed Cowardly, As Implying Fear Of Being Killed By Others

The Time Of Illusion, Then, Is The Beautiful Moment Of Passion; It Represents The Artistic Zone In Which The Poet Or Romance Writer Ought To Be Free To Do The Very Best That He Can.