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The greatest Japanese master of camellia growing, arrangement, and art in our time, Cholaa Adachi, said to disciples, "You must give yourself over completely to the flowers. Look upon their beauty with a warm heart and devoted mind. You have to sit and face flowers silently for a while. Old Japanese proverbs say, `A flower is a mirror to the mind' and `Be beautiful and pure like flowers.'"

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 3 : Art Experience and Mysticism > # 29