“Theme-park approach to nature. We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We gravitate toward animals and plants that are big, dramatic, beautiful and at eye-level.” BigsEyeBeautifulAnimalLevelsJudgingApproachPlantDramaticParksThemeEntertainingPlants And AnimalsTheme Parks Author:Gary Larson
“What I have always found most beautiful in the theatre, in my childhood, and still today, is lustre--a beautiful object, luminous, crystalline, complex, circular, symmetrical. However, I do not absolutely deny the value of dramatic literature. Only, I should like the actors to be mounted on high pattens, to wear masks more expressive than the human face, and to speak through megaphones.” ShouldHumansStillsTodayBeautifulFacesValuesActorsFoundLiteratureSpeakChildhoodObjectsComplexesDenyTheatreDramaticMaskLuminousExpressiveHuman FacesSymmetricalBeautiful Objects Book:Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry Source: Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry
“California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic.” BeautifulRocksHugeWaveCaliforniaDramaticRoughSteepVancouverCoastline Author:Jennifer Granholm