"...the
aim of the painter [is] to identify himself with
the object depicted, that is, to relate that in
himself with that in all things...
the painter has
to experience the rhythm of life to be able to
express it in his work by means of the rhythm
of the brush...
the brush will then be swift and
sure, setting down only the essential stokes,
in some places expressing by 'absence of brush
and ink.'"
The Way of Chinese Painting, by Mai-mai Sze
