"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."

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Source : Andrew Forbes, David Henley, Okakura Kakuzo “The Illustrated Book of Tea”

Okakura Kakuzo

#Creativity Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Artist Quotes

“I've been cheered by thousands, booed by thousands, but nothing feels as bad as the booing inside your own head during those ten minutes before you fall asleep.”
“I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.”

Source : "Missy in action". Interview with Ted Kessler, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.
“To make a revolution, people must not only struggle against existing institutions. They must make a philosophical/ spiritual leap and become more 'human' human beings. In order to change/ transform the world, they must change/ transform themselves.”
“I'm sharp. What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle. How to make something out of nothing.”
“Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.”
“The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.”
“A few days before the [Mr. America] contest we heard rumors about a man who had throngs of people following him along the Lake Michigan Beach front, and we couldn't imagine who could draw crowds by merely walking along the beach!”
“Listen upâ€”thereâ€™s no war that will end all wars,â€™ Crow tells me. â€˜War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence, feeding on wounded flesh. War is a perfect, self-contained being. You need to know that.”

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