Art Quote by Okakura Kakuzo

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

— Okakura Kakuzo

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

The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

— Okakura Kakuzo

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

In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.

— Okakura Kakuzo

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

“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

Friends are flowers in life's garden.

— Okakura Kakuzo

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

— Okakura Kakuzo

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

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

A garden is a friend you can visit any time.

— Okakura Kakuzo