Harold G Henderson Quotes

“An ideal translation should, I believe, reproduce the effect of the original, but I have found that the best any translator can even hope for is to reproduce the effect that the originals have had on him.

(Preface, vi)”
― Harold G. Henderson, An Introduction to Haiku

“haiku were not written to be weighed down with commentary.

(Buson, p. 103)”
― Harold G. Henderson, An Introduction to Haiku

“too much explanation can take the pleasure out of any poetry.

(Preface, vii)”
― Harold G. Henderson, An Introduction to Haiku