Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 160
idea also absolutelyundesirable—a perfect nation would be to the full asdreadful as a perfect man. We are saved from perfec-tion by an almost entire lack of the artistic faculty,and, however great we are in other respects, I amsad to say we are thoroughly inartistic. To whombut the Englishman would… … The Living Art speaking people would crave for those cherry-blossomsembroidered on white silk grounds, which they sogleefully carry away with them ? Who but my in-artistic countrymen would insist on their cabinets beingsmothered with endless and miscellaneous carvings ?The Japanese are too artistic…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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