--- title: "9 Aesthetic Pleasure Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Aesthetic Pleasure quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Aesthetic Pleasure sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/robert-bateman-23821_aesthetic_aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-li_3066801.jpg" --- > [Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bateman/aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-lightly-it-s-very-important-for/) [Robert Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bateman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/robert-bateman-23821_aesthetic_aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-li_3066801.jpg) > [With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-baumann/with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim-is-to-live-in-the-aesthetic/) [Ken Baumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-baumann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/ken-baumann-36272_aesthetic_with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim_176674.png) > [There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/there-is-a-certain-aesthetic-pleasure-in-trying-to-imagine-the/) [A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/a-s-byatt-2-7553_aesthetic_there-is-a-certain-aesthetic-pleasure-in_14957.jpg) > [The aesthetic pleasure of dance is a secondary reflection of the primary, vital joy of courtship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/havelock-ellis/the-aesthetic-pleasure-of-dance-is-a-secondary-reflection-of-the/) [Havelock Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/havelock-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/havelock-ellis-3921_aesthetic_the-aesthetic-pleasure-of-dance-is-a-sec_1597943.png) > [A sort of egotistical self-evaluation is unavoidable in those joys in which erudition and art mingle and in which aesthetic pleasure may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/a-sort-of-egotistical-self-evaluation-is-unavoidable-in-those-joys-in/) [Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/marcel-proust-114_aesthetic_a-sort-of-egotistical-self-evaluation-is_1372999.jpg) > [The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-humphries/the-whole-point-of-art-aside-from-the-aesthetic-pleasure-it-yields-is/) [Barry Humphries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-humphries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/barry-humphries-10778_aesthetic_the-whole-point-of-art-aside-from-the-ae_2932660.jpg) > [In architecture, to do anything beyond object form is often treated as something extra-disciplinary - something outside the discipline that has nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keller-easterling/in-architecture-to-do-anything-beyond-object-form-is-often-treated-as/) [Keller Easterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keller-easterling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/keller-easterling-31933_aesthetic_in-architecture-to-do-anything-beyond-ob_1732425.jpg) > [“What? We feel aesthetic pleasure at a sonata by Beethoven and not at one with the same style and charm if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/what-we-feel-aesthetic-pleasure-at-a-sonata-by-beethoven-and-not-at/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/milan-kundera-120_art_what-we-feel-aesthetic-pleasure-at-a-son_742668.jpg) > [“Ah! Books don't come all that often, at least not my way. Andre Malraux's The Psychology of Art was one of them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-sproxton/ah-books-don-t-come-all-that-often-at-least-not-my-way-andre-malraux/) [Vernon Sproxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-sproxton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/vernon-sproxton-56185_books_ah-books-don-t-come-all-that-often-at-le_1387827.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetic-pleasure/#itemlist", "name": "Aesthetic Pleasure Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Bateman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bateman/aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-lightly-it-s-very-important-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/robert-bateman-23821_aesthetic_aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-li_3066801.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/robert-bateman-23821_aesthetic_aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-li_3066801.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/robert-bateman-23821_aesthetic_aesthetic-pleasure-is-not-to-be-taken-li_3066801.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health.” — Robert Bateman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Baumann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-baumann/with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim-is-to-live-in-the-aesthetic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/ken-baumann-36272_aesthetic_with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim_176674.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/ken-baumann-36272_aesthetic_with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim_176674.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/ken-baumann-36272_aesthetic_with-writing-and-publishing-my-only-aim_176674.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome.” — Ken Baumann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A. 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Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barry Humphries" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-humphries/the-whole-point-of-art-aside-from-the-aesthetic-pleasure-it-yields-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/barry-humphries-10778_aesthetic_the-whole-point-of-art-aside-from-the-ae_2932660.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/barry-humphries-10778_aesthetic_the-whole-point-of-art-aside-from-the-ae_2932660.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/barry-humphries-10778_aesthetic_the-whole-point-of-art-aside-from-the-ae_2932660.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the…” — Barry Humphries", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In architecture, to do anything beyond object form is often treated as something extra-disciplinary - something outside the discipline that has nothing to do with art. So I'm making it clear that this is an artistic choice. It's not everyone's artistic choice. Some people should choose only to make object form because that's what gives them pleasure. But there are people for whom aesthetic pleasure comes from doing something else, and why would you deny that choice? 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We feel aesthetic pleasure at a sonata by Beethoven and not at one with the same style and charm if it comes from one of our own contemporaries? Isn't that the height of hypocrisy? So then the sensation of beauty is not spontaneous, spurred by our sensibility, but instead is cerebral, conditioned by our knowing a date? No way around it: historical consciousness is so thoroughly inherent in our perception of art that this anachronism (a Beethoven piece written today) would be spontaneously (that is, without the least hypocrisy) felt to be ridiculous, false, incongruous, even monstrous. 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