Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis.

- Tom Hoover

Zen takes the opposite tack; it holds that true reality is the fundamental unity of mind and matter, inner spirit and external world. When life is vi…

- Tom Hoover

Nothing comes into existence nor does anything disappear. Nothing is eternal, nor has anything any end. Nothing is identical or differentiated. Nothi…

- Tom Hoover

Japanese would never 'restore' an antique. The signs of age and wear are to them its most beautiful qualities.

- Tom Hoover

Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive.

- Tom Hoover

Zen is the enemy of analysis, the friend of intuition. The Zen artist understands the ends of his art intuitively, and the last thing he would do is …

- Tom Hoover

Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be 'taught' or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness…

- Tom Hoover