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Buddha says in the Lankavatarasutra: "Mahamati, it is like the mastery of comedy, dancing, singing, music, lute-playing, painting, and other arts, which is gained gradually and not simultaneously; in the same way, Mahamati, the purification of the Tathagata of all beings is gradual and not instantaneous." Years of practice give the sculptor or the painter a dexterity of the hand which is a marvel for witnesses of his work.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 2 : Creativity, Genius > # 87