Aesthetic Quotes
445 quotes by 367 authors
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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
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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
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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
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I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
— J. G. Ballard
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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
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I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.
— Josef Albers
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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
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
— A. S. Byatt
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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
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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
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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
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A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.
— Bruno Munari
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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