D.T. Suzuki Quotes about Art

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The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.

The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.

D.T. Suzuki

Life, Art, Truth

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

D.T. Suzuki

Art, Technique, Growing

Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

D.T. Suzuki

Art, Essence, Vision

D.T. Suzuki (2011). “Essays in Zen Buddhism”, p.8, Souvenir Press

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

D.T. Suzuki

Art, Unconscious

Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world.

D.T. Suzuki

Art, Essence, Suffering

D.T. Suzuki (2011). “Essays in Zen Buddhism”, p.8, Souvenir Press

The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.

D.T. Suzuki

Art, Arrows, Archery