“If beauty so far removed from the animal is passionately desired, it is because to possess is to sully, to reduce to the animal level. Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.” DesireBeautyHuman NatureHuman BehaviorObsession Of Beauty Book:Erotism: Death and Sensuality Source: Erotism: Death and Sensuality