Kakuzo Okakura cytaty

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Kakuzo Okakura

Data urodzenia: 26. Grudzień 1862
Data zgonu: 2. Wrzesień 1913

Reklama

Okakura Kakuzō was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea.

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Cytaty Kakuzo Okakura

„In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.“

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book Of Tea

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

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

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

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

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

— Kakuzo Okakura

„Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.“

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

„Our mind is the canvas on which the artists lay their colour; their pigments are our emotions; their chiaroscuro the light of joy, the shadow of sadness. The masterpiece is of ourselves, as we are of the masterpiece.“

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

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

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

„But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the dregs in our quenchless thirst for infinity, we shall not blame ourselves for making so much of the tea-cup.“

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

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

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

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

— Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

„New York City vagrant:
"What sort of 'nese are you people? Are you Chinese, or Japanese, or Javanese?"

Kakuzo Okakura responds:
"We are Japanese gentleman. But what sort of 'key are you? Are you a Yankee, or a donkey, or a monkey?“

— Kakuzo Okakura

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