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“Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.”

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Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti was a renowned Italian Renaissance author, architect, art theorist, and mathematician. He is known for his contributions to humanism and his innovative theories in art. more

“Is it wholly fantastic to admit the possibility that Nature herself strove toward what we call beauty? Face to face with any one of the elaborate flowers which man's cultivation has had nothing to do with, it does not seem fantastic to me. We put survival first. But when we have a margin of safety left over, we expend it in the search for the beautiful. Who can say that Nature does not do the same?”

Men Firsts Doe Seems Beautiful Faces Left Beauty Possibility Flower Survival Safety Fantastic Margins Face To Face Cultivation

Book:And Even If You Do: Essays on Man, Manners & Machines

Source: And Even If You Do: Essays on Man, Manners & Machines

“Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.”

Way Heart Art Nature Beauty Plans My Heart Art Is My Way Dull

Book:Verses on Various Occasions

Source: Verses on Various Occasions

“Grace pours all beauty into the soul ... The soul means the world.”

World Mean Soul Beauty Grace

Author:Meister Eckhart

“The foundations of the world are to be found, not in the cognitive experience of conscious thought, but in the aesthetic experience of everyday life.”

World Found Beauty Conscious Foundation Everyday Aesthetic Everyday Life Cognitive Beauty Of Life

Author:Alfred North Whitehead

“People are really terrified of me. I don't know why, I'm very nice, but people are very intimidated by me.”

People Knows Nice Terrified Very Nice Intimidated

Author:Margaret Cho

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