There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Chuck Close
Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.
Leonard Cohen
One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.
Agnes Martin
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
Robert M. Pirsig
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.
Shunryu Suzuki
If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them that appear to be paradoxes, as in Zen, particularly.
Alan Watts