“Works of art can simultaneously present ugliness (at the level of subject or content) and beauty (at the level of form). People who want things tidy and controlled will stumble at this paradox, but we will make far more sense of modern art if we are bold enough to accept the paradox.” BeautyCreativityUgliness And Beauty In ArtBeauty And Art Book:The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts Source: The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts
“The world has always been unsettled by things that don’t match—beauty and ugliness side by side, the grotesque tangled with the pure.” Beauty QuotesGrotesqueContrast QuotesContrast And BeautyUgliness And Beauty In ArtUgliness Quotes Book:Four of a Kind Source: Four of a Kind