Quotes About Aesthetics

Nothing in human life least of all in religion is ever right until it is beautiful.

Indian films are always very passionate and romantic, and so long as the scene is done well aesthetically, I have no qualms doing it.

Classical art stands for form; romantic art for content.

The connection between romantic politics and aesthetics is plain in Schiller's and Novalis's concept of the aesthetic or poetic state.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

It is no exaggeration to say that the first real problem I faced in my life was that of beauty.

Lo bello siempre me intimida. Y eso no es todo, porque en ocasiones me envilece.

Non è esagerato dire che il primo problema che affrontai in vita mia fu quello della bellezza.

Pi?kno jest bezcelowe, pi?kno przep?ywa przez nasze cia?a, nie pozostawiaj?c ?ladu i nic nie zmieniaj?c...

At present, I am particularly excited by "bad taste." I have the deep feeling that there exists in the very essence of bad taste a power capable of creating those things situated far beyond what is traditionally termed "The Work of Art." I wish to play with human feeling, with its "morbidity" in a cold and ferocious manner.

Good design is as little design as possible.

My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write a throw-away scene.

One pretends that manners are the formalisation of basic kindness and consideration, but a great deal of the time they're simply aesthetics dressed up as moral principles, aren't they?

Aesthetics, he said, should be left to the so-called artists, to the writers and readers of fiction. There is no need to fret about writing, about our choice of words in the New South Africa; rather, we will have to make do with mixtures of meaning, will have to rely on typographic devices like the slash for many more years, he predicted.

Colour expresses something in itself. -Vincent Van Gogh

But his lack of artfulness is charming.

I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste.

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of the tradition

Good programmers know what's beautiful and bad ones don't.

I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.

If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.