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The purpose of a work of art is bodhisattva action.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
The contribution of Zen to Japanese culture has by no means been confined to bushido. It has entered into almost every aspect of the people’s life–their architecture, poetry, painting, gardening, their athletics, crafts, and trades; it has penetrated the everyday language and thought of the most ordinary folk. For by the genius of such Zen monks as
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
wabi sabi rarely strays from the boundaries of subdued colors and lighting, for it is through these that the atmosphere of intimacy can be transferred.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Make beauty that gives more than it takes. In recognition of the energy behind all creation, make that which requires little of the world and contributes a great deal. Write poems on paper you’ve stained with watercolour, and give them away to strangers!
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
Picasso’s philosophy: ‘art is the elimination of the unnecessary’.