Quotes About Aesthetics

She prefers simply a life in the shape of an Apollo to that of humpbacked Pulcinello; that is her philosophy. She

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

The maker of kitsch does not create inferior art, he is not an incompetent or a bungler, he cannot be evaluated by aesthetic standards; rather, he is ethically depraved, a criminal willing radical evil. And since it is radical evil that is manifest here, evil per se , forming the absolute negative pole of every value-system, kitsch will always be evil, not just kitsch in art, but kitsch in every value-system that is not an imitation system.

My work has always tried to unite the True with the Beautiful and when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the Beautiful.

Straight is the line of Duty, Curved is the line of Beauty, Follow the straight line, thou shall see. The curved line ever follow thee.

What do they do?" I ask. He laughs. "They are beautiful - isn't that enough?

She said, 'Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.' That was the beginning of my passion for design, textiles and William Morris, though I didn't know then that she was quoting him. She went to

You cannot have a taste for minimalist décor if you seriously read books.

The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren't necessary.

They had no comprehension of why anyone would seek out a film with an unhappy ending or buy a painting that wasn't pretty.

God, there's nothing sexier than a nice strong jawline and a movie-star-quality chin dimple. It's my own personal kryptonite. —SINGLE-MINDED

Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for.

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from Anton Chekhov to Denis Johnson, from Flannery O'Connor to A.M. Homes, and perhaps investigating all that strange variation of beauty has rubbed off on me. Or perhaps that's why I enjoy teaching literature.

Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet.

In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.

My constant goal is to create clothing that applies to the lifestyle of my customers. My clothing must be aesthetically pleasing in color, texture, and construction. Rapid changes are a part of fashion, and the demands of the industry are that I remain fluid and versatile. But my aesthetic requirements will always be the same.

I don't think that any 'ism' is higher than literature or art. So I'm a formalist. I greatly honor and respect the form of a work.

I don't like when things don't match. I love some Eighties fashion, like Grace Jones but primary colours only work in certain situations.

With abstract work, I never was quite sure what it was that felt right about the painting, but I did know that I responded to it and I liked whatever it was offering me.

When I work with my art department on putting imagery together for my blog posts I always think, 'Would I pin this?' That really helps.

In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work.

I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art.

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?