Quotes by : Kakuzō Okakura

In the liquid amber within the ivory porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius,....

We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty,....

In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

How can one be so serious with the world when the world itself is so ridiculous?

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence.....

...But it is also told that Niuka forgot to fill two tiny crevices in the blue firmament. Thus began....

Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always....

But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears,....

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

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