Yukio Mishima Quote

In its essence, any art that relies on words makes use of their ability to eat away — of their corrosive function — just as etching depends on the corrosive power of nitric acid.


p. 8. - Sun and Steel (1968)


In its essence, any art that relies on words makes use of their ability to eat away — of their corrosive function — just as etching depends on...

In its essence, any art that relies on words makes use of their ability to eat away — of their corrosive function — just as etching depends on...

In its essence, any art that relies on words makes use of their ability to eat away — of their corrosive function — just as etching depends on...

In its essence, any art that relies on words makes use of their ability to eat away — of their corrosive function — just as etching depends on...