Art Quote by Okakura Kakuzo

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

— Okakura Kakuzo

Tea...is a religion of the art of life.

— Anonymous

Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility. Respectfully preparing tea and partaking of it mindfully create…

— James Norwood Pratt

“[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings tea has…

— Kakuzō Okakura

Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the beautiful and the simple. All one's efforts are concentrated on trying to achieve perfection through the…

— Paulo Coelho

The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement.

— Arthur Gray

“Tea drinking is a liturgy of comfort,”

— Tsh Oxenreider

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

— Okakura Kakuzo

Tea-making is a ritual that, like the drink itself, warms the heart somehow.

— Anonymous

Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has…

— Muriel Barbery

“The Philosophy of Tea is not mere aestheticism in the ordinary acceptance of the term, for it expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our…

— Kakuzō Okakura

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

— Muriel Barbery