Quotes About Aesthetics

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.

Heaven forbid if beauty were to have substance. Genuine beauty is always meaningless, without virtue

Genuine beauty is always meaningless, without virtue.

But the planes have a new elegant shape. Not one unnecessary ornament." "Yes," said Mabo softly and watched the planes fly off through the sky with a childlike innocence. "A form with no unneeded ornaments is nice.

They did not hide their interest even in things which were nauseatingly ugly, but soaked themselves in the pleasure of depicting them. In other words, they seemed not to rely in the least on the misconceptions of others.

What superficiality - and what stupidity - there is in trying to depict in a pretty manner things which one has thought pretty.

My work is not about 'form follows function ' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

Form follows beauty.

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.

It is through… Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No.

Good taste is the enemy of creativity

Every form correctly seen is beautiful.

Quizá un objeto adquiera belleza con el uso. -Quizá un objeto se use según su belleza.

Finally, say that she was beautiful. That is all that can be well said. That she was beautiful, through to her bones, despite any flaw or fault.

Und auch in der synthetisierenden Geruchsküche seiner Phantasie, in der er ständig neue Duftkombinationen zusammenstellte, herrschte noch kein ästhetisches Prinzip. Es waren Bizarrerien, die er schuf und alsbald wieder zerstörte wie ein Kind, das mit Bauklötzen spielt, erfindungsreich und destruktiv, ohne erkennbares schöpferisches Prinzip.

Und auch in der synthetisierenden Geruchsküche seiner Phantasie, in der er ständig neue Duftkombinationen zusammenstellte, herrschte noch kein ästhetisches Prinzip. Es waren Bizarrerien, die er schuf und alsbald wieder zerstörte wie ein Kind, das mit Bauklötzen spielt, erfindungsreich und destruktiv, ohne erkennbares schöpferisches Prinzip." ? Patrick Süskind, Das Parfum

In the absence of experimental evidence, basic beliefs of theoretical physicists may initially have almost a religious flavor, guided by faith and aesthetics. Fortunately unlike religion, these beliefs soon face the hard test of experiment.

She's too sad to be beautiful. No one that sad can still be beautiful.

Regardless of their sex, good-looking faces light up the brain

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

websites should look good from the inside and out