Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 368
ne beautiful bough or one beautifulpicture should be ample food for enjoyment to lastan artist for one whole day. If there were twentybeautiful boughs, or twenty beautiful pictures, youwould look from one to the other and would neces-sarily become confused. You would leave that roomfeeling… … X Flower Arrangement it alone, you would have to frame it between yourhands, cutting it off and isolating it from the rest. This the Japanese do for you. They know thatyou cannot appreciate more than one beautiful objectat a time, and they see that that one object is perfectlyplaced in relation to…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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