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Bruce Lee Quotes about Art - Page 2

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The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set

The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.

Inspirational, Art, Thinking

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.

Art, Philosophical, Self

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.

Art, Flower, Roots

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

Art, Expression, Deception

"Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way".

Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.

Art, Achievement, Today

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.327, Tuttle Publishing

Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.

Art, Mean, Style

Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying!

Art, Winning, Mind

"Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge.

Art, Lying, Mean

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

Art, Moving, Mastery

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.5, Tuttle Publishing

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

Art, Lying, Expression

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

Art, Exercise, Endurance

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky feeling and feel pretty cool and all that. I can make all kinds of phoney things. Blinded by it. Or I can show some really fancy movement. But to experience oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly, now that is very hard to do.

Art, Lying, Cocky

All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.

Art, Determination, Self

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body”, p.14, Tuttle Publishing

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

Art, Creativity, Men

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.140, Tuttle Publishing

The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.

Art, Opportunity, Expression

You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

Art, Overcoming, Opponents

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.27, Tuttle Publishing

The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.

Art, Psychics, Vision

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

Art, Mean, Express Yourself

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.349, Tuttle Publishing

When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

Baby, Art, Fighting

"Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview". Short, Talk-Show, 1994.

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.

Art, Creativity, Absolute Freedom

"Tao of Jeet Kune Do".

Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum.

Art, Simplicity, Special

My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

Art, Fighting, Style

"Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", www.imdb.com. 1973.

The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.

Art, Hard Work, Skills

Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

Dream, Art, Thinking

Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension.

Art, Mean, Warrior

"Tao of Jeet Kune Do".

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