So, you didn't get it, did you. Okay, here is a somewhat longer quote:

Achilles:  You may know more about Chinese cuisine than I do, Mr. T, but I'll bet I know more about Japanese poetry than you do. Have you ever read any haiku?
Tortoise:  I'm afraid not. What is a haiku?
Achilles:  A haiku is a Japanese seventeen-syllable poem - or minipoem, rather, which is evocative in the same way, perhaps, as a fragrant rose petal is, or a lily pond in a light drizzle. It generally consists of groups of five, then seven, then five syllables.
Tortoise:  Such compressed poems   with seventeen syllables   can't have much meaning . . .
Achilles:  Meaning lies as much   in the mind of the reader   as in the haiku.
Tortoise:  Hmmm . . . That's an evocative statement.