“What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.” IfsHumansReasonUseActionHuman BeingsBeautyTeachProduceTasteAppreciateMathematicsProofRationalAestheticsCalculationsAssessmentGood Taste Author:Franz Grillparzer
“When beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart, and only its absence can produce any emotional effect.” HeartMovingLosesBeautyEffectsProduceEmotionalUniversalAbsence Book:The City and the Stars Source: The City and the Stars
“I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.” MenBelieveOrderForceI BelieveChangeBeautyEconomicGreatnessProduceShapesContinuingAbstractionExceptionalNobilityShiftingValidity Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays