Tatsumi Hijikata quotes

“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

#Suffering Quotes #Body Quotes #Matter Quotes

“There are as many types of Butoh as there are Butoh choreographers.”
-- Tatsumi Hijikata

#Type Quotes

“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

#Lying Quotes #Essence Quotes #Secret Quotes

“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

#Feet Quotes #Dancer Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The dance of darkness must spout blood into the air, in the name of the experience of evil”
-- Tatsumi Hijikata

#Blood Quotes #Names Quotes #Air Quotes

“We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.”

“If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated suffering.”

“The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.”

Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”

“I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.”

“We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.”

“I'm a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts — that's not what I think of as sexy.”

Source : "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". Book by Adrienne Barbeau, 2006.

“When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.”

“Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.”

“No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut and pull your tooth while he was at it.”

“No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.”