Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Okakura Kakuzō

Born: December 26, 1862
Died: September 2, 1913 (aged 50)
Bio: Okakura Kakuzō was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea.
Known for:
- The Book of Tea (1906)
- Ideals of the East
- The awakening of Japan (1904)