September 2009
63 posts
“But in the still dimmer light of the candlestand, as I gazed at the trays and bowls standing in the shadows cast by the flickering point of a flame, I discovered in the gloss of this laquerware a depth and richness like that of a still, dark pond, a beauty I had not before seen.”
—‘In Praise of Shadows’ Junichiro Tanizaki
“The grace of a curve is an invitation to remain - we cannot break away from it without hoping to return.”
—Gaston Bachelard
“Thirty spokes meet in the hub,
but the empty space between them
is the essence of the wheel.
Pots are formed from clay,
but the empty space within it
is the essence of the pot.
Walls with windows and doors form the house,
but the empty space within it
is the essence of the house.” —Lao Tse
but the empty space between them
is the essence of the wheel.
Pots are formed from clay,
but the empty space within it
is the essence of the pot.
Walls with windows and doors form the house,
but the empty space within it
is the essence of the house.” —Lao Tse
“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his candle at mine, receives light without darkening me.”
—Thomas Jefferson
“The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.”
—Arthur Koestler
