"The Japanese poets knew how to express their visions of reality in three lines of observation. They did not simply observe it, but with supernal calm sought its ageless meaning. And the more precise the observation, the nearer it comes to being unique, and so to being an image. As Dostoyevsky said, with remarkable insight, ‘Life is more fantastic than any fiction.’"

Andrei Tarkovsky; Sculpting in Time (via forgottencityiram)