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Okakura Kakuzo quotes: For life is an expression, our unconscious actions the constant betrayal of our innermost thought.

For life is an expression, our unconscious actions the constant betrayal of our innermost thought.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.

Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself.

Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.

People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.

True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The canvas upon which the artist paints is the spectator's mind.

The canvas upon which the artist paints is the spectator's mind.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of the individual.

We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of the individual.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: What dire consequences to humanity lie in the contemptuous ignoring of Eastern problems!

What dire consequences to humanity lie in the contemptuous ignoring of Eastern problems!

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: In art vanity is equally fatal to sympathetic feeling, whether on the part of the artist or the public.

In art vanity is equally fatal to sympathetic feeling, whether on the part of the artist or the public.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: One master defines Zen as the art of feeling the polar star in the southern sky. Truth can be reached only through the comprehension of opposites.

One master defines Zen as the art of feeling the polar star in the southern sky. Truth can be reached only through the comprehension of opposites.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Why do men and women like to advertise themselves so much? Is it not but an instinct derived from the days of slavery?

Why do men and women like to advertise themselves so much? Is it not but an instinct derived from the days of slavery?

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: We take refuge in pride because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.

We take refuge in pride because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The greatest pleasure he knew was to do a good action by stealth

The greatest pleasure he knew was to do a good action by stealth

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Friends are flowers in life's garden.

Friends are flowers in life's garden.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: With tea amused the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and with tea welcomed the morning.

With tea amused the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and with tea welcomed the morning.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Approach a great painting as thou wouldst approach a great prince.

Approach a great painting as thou wouldst approach a great prince.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Taoism was an active power during the Shin dynasty, that epoch of Chinese unification from which we derive the name China.

Taoism was an active power during the Shin dynasty, that epoch of Chinese unification from which we derive the name China.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Shrine after shrine has crumbled before our eyes; but one altar if forever preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,-ourselves.

Shrine after shrine has crumbled before our eyes; but one altar if forever preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,-ourselves.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: A garden is a friend you can visit any time.

A garden is a friend you can visit any time.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Cares melt when you kneel in your garden.

Cares melt when you kneel in your garden.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: We boast that we have conquered Matter and forget that it is Matter that has enslaved us.

We boast that we have conquered Matter and forget that it is Matter that has enslaved us.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: In religion the Future is behind us. In art the Present is the eternal.

In religion the Future is behind us. In art the Present is the eternal.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal.

Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: A man without tea in him is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.

A man without tea in him is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.

Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The name of the artist is more important to them than the quality of the work ... People criticize a picture by their ear

The name of the artist is more important to them than the quality of the work ... People criticize a picture by their ear

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Welcome to thee,O sword of eternity!Through BuddhaAnd through Daruma alikeThou hast cleft thy way.

Welcome to thee,
O sword of eternity!
Through Buddha
And through Daruma alike
Thou hast cleft thy way.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: He catches a glimpse of Infinity, but words cannot voice his delight, for the eye has no tongue.

He catches a glimpse of Infinity, but words cannot voice his delight, for the eye has no tongue.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: It has not the arrogance of wine, the self- consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.

It has not the arrogance of wine, the self- consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Nothing is real to us but hunger, nothing sacred except our own desires.

Nothing is real to us but hunger, nothing sacred except our own desires.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The observance of communal traditions involves a constant sacrifice of the individual to the state.

The observance of communal traditions involves a constant sacrifice of the individual to the state.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.

The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: He only who has lived with the beautiful can die beautifully.

He only who has lived with the beautiful can die beautifully.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Modern ideograph Cha was coined, evidently a corruption of the classic Tou.

Modern ideograph Cha was coined, evidently a corruption of the classic Tou.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Everyone has to build anew his sky of hope and peace.

Everyone has to build anew his sky of hope and peace.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: It has been said that man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal.

It has been said that man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: The seeker for perfection must discover in his own life the reflection of the inner light.

The seeker for perfection must discover in his own life the reflection of the inner light.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: It needed the genius of the Tang dynasty to emancipate Tea from its crude state and lead to its final idealization.

It needed the genius of the Tang dynasty to emancipate Tea from its crude state and lead to its final idealization.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

Okakura Kakuzo quotes: Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.