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> [“Lichilai, a Sung poet, has sadly remarked that there were three most deplorable things in the world: the spoiling of fine youths through false education, the degradation of fine art through vulgar admiration, and the utter waste of fine tea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/lichilai-a-sung-poet-has-sadly-remarked-that-there-were-three-most/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

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## More by Kakuzō Okakura

> [“Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself. At once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/nothing-is-more-hallowing-than-the-union-of-kindred-spirits-in-art-at/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/welcome-to-thee-o-sword-of-eternity-through-buddha-and-through-daruma/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/our-standards-of-morality-are-begotten-of-the-past-needs-of-society/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“At the magic touch of the beautiful the secret chords of our being are awakened, we vibrate and thrill in response to its call.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/at-the-magic-touch-of-the-beautiful-the-secret-chords-of-our-being/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“Have you not noticed that the wild flowers are becoming scarcer every year? It may be that their wise men have told them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/have-you-not-noticed-that-the-wild-flowers-are-becoming-scarcer-every/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“Behold the complacent salesman retailing the Good and True. One can even buy a so-called Religion, which is really but common morality sanctified with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/behold-the-complacent-salesman-retailing-the-good-and-true-one-can/)

[Kakuzo Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“Sad as it is, we cannot conceal the fact that in spite of our companionship with flowers we have not risen very far above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/sad-as-it-is-we-cannot-conceal-the-fact-that-in-spite-of-our/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“The claims of contemporary art cannot be ignored in any vital scheme of life. The art of to-day is that which really belongs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/the-claims-of-contemporary-art-cannot-be-ignored-in-any-vital-scheme/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty, we shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/we-are-ever-brutal-to-those-who-love-and-serve-us-in-silence-but-the/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same? The observance of communal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/our-standards-of-morality-are-begotten-of-the-past-needs-of-society-2/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“The masterpiece is symphony played upon our finest feelings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/the-masterpiece-is-symphony-played-upon-our-finest-feelings/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“In art, the present is the eternal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/in-art-the-present-is-the-eternal/)

[Kakuzo Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/we-must-know-the-whole-play-in-order-to-properly-act-our-parts-the/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“These Taoists' ideas have greatly influenced all our theories of action, even to those of fencing and wrestling. Jiu-jitsu, the Japanese art of self-defence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/these-taoists-ideas-have-greatly-influenced-all-our-theories-of/)

[Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

> [“New York City vagrant: "What sort of 'nese are you people? Are you Chinese, or Japanese, or Javanese?" Kakuzo Okakura responds: "We are Japanese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/new-york-city-vagrant-what-sort-of-nese-are-you-people-are-you/)

[Kakuzo Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/)

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