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title: "4 Intellectual Beauty Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/unfortunately-moral-beauty-in-art-like-physical-beauty-in-a-person-is/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/susan-sontag-332_art_unfortunately-moral-beauty-in-art-like-p_3506.jpg)

> [Intellectual beauty is sufficient unto itself, and only for it rather than for the future good of humanity does the scholar condemn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/intellectual-beauty-is-sufficient-unto-itself-and-only-for-it-rather/)

[Santiago Ramon y Cajal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-ramon-y-cajal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/santiago-ramon-y-cajal-17256_beauty_intellectual-beauty-is-sufficient-unto-i_755888.jpg)

> [“never appeared ugly to me, for his face, beaming with boundless kindness and benevolence towards mankind, had the stamp of intellectual beauty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/never-appeared-ugly-to-me-for-his-face-beaming-with-boundless/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/george-saunders-317_beauty_never-appeared-ugly-to-me-for-his-face-b_1838567.jpg)

> [Great sport has intellectual beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-carlisle/great-sport-has-intellectual-beauty/)

[Rick Carlisle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-carlisle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/rick-carlisle-4940_football_great-sport-has-intellectual-beauty-2970_2970200.png)

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