Quotes by Kakuzo Okakura

"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends."
— Kakuzo Okakura
"Tea ... is a religion of the art of life."
— Kakuzo Okakura
"Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life."
— Kakuzo Okakura
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Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三; February 14, 1863 – September 2, 1913), also known as Okakura Tenshin (岡倉 天心), was a Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critic...