"In a certain sense life is art. However long or short life may be, no matter under what conditions we have to live it, we all want to make the best of it - the best not only in the technique of living, but also in understanding its meaning. But that implies apprehending a glimmer of its mystery. From this standpoint the Japanese consider every art to be a form of schooling which grants insight into life's beauty, for beauty transcends all rationality and utility thinking, it is the mystery itself." - Daisetz T. Suzuki (In the Foreword to Gustie L. Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Flower Arrangement"

