The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs. — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
There's no specific aesthetic other than a sense of the beautiful itself, I suppose. — Kristoffer Rygg Copy Share Image
“To be fully alive is to have an aesthetic perception of life because a major part of the world's goodness lies in… — Yukitaka Yamamoto Copy Share Image
O.P.N. has always been about reaching for some kind of liminal state in which opposing aesthetic forces become entangled and confused and… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
My aesthetic is about simplicity, elegance, and comfort, whether that is interpreted in a man's suit or a track suit. — Giorgio Armani Copy Share Image
“Writing is a series of verbal suggestions designed to provoke a psychological reaction and an aesthetic experience.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it. The objects that provoke aesthetic emotion… — Clive Bell Copy Share Image
The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The great problem was the selection of the readymade. I needed to choose an object without it impressing me: that is to… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
If sorrow and beauty are all tied up together, then perhaps maturity brings with it not what Nabhan calls abstraction, but an… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I’m interested in things which suggest the world rather than express the personality... The most conventional thing, the most ordinary - it… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I'm not about either entertaining or instructing. The entertaining and instructing are secondary fallout from the fundamental thing, which is basically to… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'm steeped in aesthetic theory, so I tend to bring in my own amateurish way of baring a little bit - when,… — John Maus Copy Share Image
“His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and… — Moonshine Noire Copy Share Image
Commercial roadways in communities that lack zoning laws, for example, are often an aesthetic nightmare not because of insufficient competition, and not… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The general misunderstanding of a work of art is often due to the fact that the key to its spiritual content and… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
Learning that aesthetic as a kid - seeing those photos - made me think that that's what photos are supposed to look… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
“Aesthetic enthusiasm. Perception of beauty in the external world, or, on the other hand, in words and their right arrangement. Pleasure in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic. — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic. — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
It was one of God's jokes that such a dumb mind had been put in such an eloquent body. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even before I had ever seen 'Beach Blanket Babylon,' I had a similar aesthetic: colorful and sparkly. — Chris March Copy Share Image
Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The aesthetic pleasure of dance is a secondary reflection of the primary, vital joy of courtship. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Which even though we do have a very visual aesthetic and identity, we love it when people make their own videos to… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
I want big ideas to have aesthetic relevance. I want to tickle people's intellectual sensibilities and instill a sense of wonder. — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
