Friday 8 May 2009

Death As Art And Vanity

"Even the most beautiful body is soon destroyed by age. Where is beauty then? Only art makes human beauty endure. You must devise an artist's scheme to preserve it. You must commit suicide at the height of your beauty." -Yukio Mishima



via: the daily Siege

2 comments:

  1. i found it extremely hard to watch never the less i did..feeling confused as to why someone would do that don't fully understand Yukio Mishima explanation. i felt a heavy weight watching it revealed for it to be over. felt me feeling wierd....

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  2. "...You must commit suicide at the height of your beauty." Such a powerful and beautiful quote.

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