"There is a peculiar aesthetic pleasure in constructing……" — A. S. Byatt

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• At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics… — Rudolf Arnheim
• No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to… — Paul Auster
• We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling… — Diane Ackerman
• I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means. — J. G. Ballard
• I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A… — J. G. Ballard
• I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one. — Josef Albers
• Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable… — William S. Burroughs
• There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader. — A. S. Byatt
• I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition… — Deepak Chopra
• I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about… — Pedro Almodovar
• Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic… — Richard Courant
• A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense. — Bruno Munari

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