Quotes About Aesthetics

As long as you work in a color palette and you style what you already have within that color palette, it's going to look good together.

A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature.

A beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.

In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen it done very well.

Sometimes buying the ugly work is the thing that you know you should do.

Salvador Dali has been called kitsch, but, although some of this work may be grotesque, its brazenly self-conscious bad taste saves it from being true kitsch, which always strives to please.

But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing — a universe that we humans, with our limited perspective, will someday understand.

Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.

My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.

It's enjoyable to just drink in an image. It's effortless. That struck me as an interesting way of looking at it: I do all the grunt work so you can enjoy.

Attractive things work better.

A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter.

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

In 1947, Porsche began work on its 356. In many ways, it was like the original iPhone. It wasn't perfect. It was underpowered. But it was streamlined and aerodynamic.

Aesthetically, London is just beautiful; it's a gorgeous city. The architecture, monuments, the parks, the small streets - it's an incredible place to be.

Ill-fitted T-shirts stretched over a gut are my pet hate. And if the colour's faded - ugh.

I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which late industrial people spend the most time - phones, music players, etc. - are blobjects.

I love the look of books published by the firm of Rupert Hart-Davis: They strike me as handsome, elegant, and inviting. I'll pick up almost anything with that imprint, especially if it's in a jacket or priced low.

A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.

I strongly believe in 'if it catches my eye, it's something I'd buy.'

Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing just one thing struck them as a decorative display opportunity tragically lost.

In the field of aesthetic theory, humans are pattern-seeking creatures. That can be seen in terms of musical structures, patternmaking, even in terms of storytelling and literature.