Aesthetic Quotes

445 quotes by 367 authors

At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at the same time… — Rudolf Arnheim
No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There's so much… — Paul Auster
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or… — 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 Buick radiator grille is as… — 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 of things the other can't… — 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 and the qualities that make… — Deepak Chopra
I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have… — Pedro Almodovar
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are… — Richard Courant
A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense. — Bruno Munari
The best stroked putt in a lifetime does not bring the aesthetic satisfaction of a perfectly hit wood or iron shot. There is nothing to… — Al Barkow
The foundations of the world are to be found, not in the cognitive experience of conscious thought, but in the aesthetic experience of everyday life. — Alfred North Whitehead
A garden is a result of an arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws; interwoven throughout are the artist's outlook on life, his past… — Roberto Burle Marx
Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of a crowd that feels the… — Nick Hornby
If you're anxious to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare, you must get up all the germs of the… — W. S. Gilbert
The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are gradually… — George Santayana
My disciples are vegetarian not as a cult, not as a creed. They are vegetarians because their meditations make them more human, more of the… — Rajneesh
It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the spiritual wealth of… — Joseph LeConte

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