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Suzuki, D T - Misc. Quote - Painters versus artists
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D T Suzuki
A painter is a copyist, an artist reflects the soul of objects imbibing them with beauty.... How does the painter get into the spirit of the plant and become an artist? The secret is to become the plant itself.... there must be in him something which corresponds to it in one way or another... he becomes the object he desires to paint... he keeps the mind in unison with the Emptiness