“Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages... a beautiful object must always follow certain rules. A beautiful nose shouldn't be longer than that or shorter than that, on the contrary, an ugly nose can be as long as the one of Pinocchio, or as big as the trunk of an elephant, or like the beak of an eagle, and so ugliness is unpredictable, and offers an infinite range of possibility. Beauty is finite, ugliness is infinite like God.” IfsWayLongBigsAgeBeautifulCertainPossibilityObjectsOffersConceptsInfiniteUglyBoringContraryRangeNosesElephantsUnpredictableFiniteUglinessEaglesTrunksBeaksBeautiful Objects Author:Umberto Eco
“We live in a time of the greatest precision and of maximum contrasts: photomontage offers us a means to express this. It shows ideas: photography shows us objects.” MeanIdeasShowsObjectsOffersPhotographyContrastMaximumPrecision Book:Herbert Bayer: Photographic Works an Exhibition Source: Herbert Bayer: Photographic Works an Exhibition
“If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.” IfsPlayGamesWinningDecisionCasesObjectsOffersLogicStrategySatisfactionOpponentsRuthless Author:Anatoly Karpov
“For me, life offers so many complexly appealing moments that two beautiful objects may be equally beautiful for different reasons and at different times. How can one choose?” MayTwoDifferentReasonMomentsBeautifulObjectsOffersDifferent TimesBeautiful Objects Book:A Natural History of the Senses Source: A Natural History of the Senses
“We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be disinterested. It is not so. Heaven offers nothing that the mercenary soul can desire. It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to. There are rewards that do not sully motives. A man's love for a woman is not mercenary because he wants to marry her, nor his love for poetry mercenary because he wants to read it, nor his love of exercise less disinterested because he wants to run and leap and walk. Love, by definition, seeks to enjoy its object.” IfsMenWantHeartSoulRunningDesireHeavenEnjoyGoalWalksObjectsExerciseOffersPureSafeRewardsDefinitionsMotiveLeapHis LoveBribeDisinterestedMercenary Author:C. S. Lewis