I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is. — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
Salvador Dali has been called kitsch, but, although some of this work may be grotesque, its brazenly self-conscious bad taste saves it from being… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
The continuous capacity of genius to surpass understanding remains a human constant. — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
I have seen journals with good financial backing and editorial support die because they looked so bad nobody wanted to publish them. — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
A few years ago, Bill Gates was boasting that we'll soon have sensors which will turn on the music that we like or show… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
The arts, like language, emerged spontaneously and universally in similar forms across cultures, employing imaginative and intellectual capacities that had clear survival value. — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is. — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
