Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life. — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In our common parlance we speak of the man "with no tea" in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In Japan, I took part in a tea ceremony. You go into a small room, tea is served, and that's it really,… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a tea-cup! he will say. But… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
The Philosophy of Tea is not mere aestheticism ... for it expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our whole point of view… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely… Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Tea with us became more than an idealisation of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In our common parlance we speak of the man "with no tea" in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests of the… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
“The Taoist and Zen conception of perfection... the dynamic nature of their philosophy laid more stress upon the process through which perfection was sought… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a tea-cup! he will say. But when we… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In Japan, I took part in a tea ceremony. You go into a small room, tea is served, and that's it really, except that… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
