Quotes About Aesthetics

Coconnas : ...et que pour être querellé , j'aime mieux encore l'être par de jolies lèvres comme les vôtres que par une bouche de travers comme la sienne.

Do I think if something's beautiful, it's perfect? I guess you could say that. If I'm in a rapture of beauty, it's perfect to me.

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble.

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Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.

Art is bad when 'you see the intent and get put off.' (Goethe) In Tolstoy one is unaware of the intent, and sees only the thing itself. from the book, On Retranslating A Russian Classic Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color but the structure that constitutes its essence.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

There is nothing more frightful than imagination without taste.

The town itself is disagreeable; but then, all around, you find an inexpressible beauty of nature.

Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.

The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.

As a collector, you will discover that surrounding yourself with art can enrich not only your visual experiences, but instill a sense of vitality to your life and uplift your soul.

Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness.

Every artistic form reflects the dynamism that is constantly building up the life of feeling.

People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99)

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Not one of these symbols of prosperity and taste has any use at all.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

Things that are indelicate can sometimes be beautiful.

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine arts; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest to reach true perfection.