Desire for beauty will endure and undermine the desire for…

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and…

— Colin Marston

As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…

— Ray Bradbury

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

— W. H. Auden

Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American…

— Jay Michaelson

Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with…

— Gary Kemp

“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.”

— Roman Payne

[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some…

— Peter Vidmar

The great work of art is the complete banality, and the fault with most banalities is that they are not banal enough. Banality here…

— Asger Jorn

I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.

— Twyla Tharp

For it is a mad world and it will get madder if we allow the minorities, be they dwarf or giant, orangutan or dolphin,…

— Ray Bradbury

We’re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects. It’s tempting to think it’s because the people who use them don’t care-just like the people who…

— Jonathan Ive

After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists…

— Albert Einstein

There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see…

— Karl Urban

In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly called 'fair…

— Pierre de Coubertin