Yukio Mishima

Date of Birth:

14-Jan-1925

Nationality:

Japan

Profession:

Playwright

Yukio Mishima was an eminent Japanese playwright, author, poet, film director, nationalist, model, actor, and founder of the 'Tatenokai.' He is regarded as one of the most illustrious 20th-century writers. In 1968, he was also considered for the ‘Nobel Prize in Literature,’ but the award was given to Yasunari Kawabata. Some of his notable works include, ‘The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,’ ‘Sun and Steel,’ and ‘Confessions of a Mask.’ His thoughts, writings and works focused on political change, sexuality and death, displaying a perfect combination of traditional and modern aesthetics and that knew no cultural boundaries. Following is an inspiring collection of sayings and quotations by Yukio Mishima, which have been extracted from his writings, thoughts, work, and life. We bring to you the famous quotes and thoughts by Yukio Mishima that have been curated from his plays, books, movies, writings, works and life.

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QUOTES BY Yukio Mishima

True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.

Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.

Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.

Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.

Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart.

Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth.

We live in an age in which there is no heroic death.

When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.

The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.

I still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line...

Anything can become excusable when seen from the standpoint of the result