Aesthetics Quotes

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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
I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one. — Josef Albers
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
[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some gymnasts… — Peter Vidmar
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are… — Albert Einstein
Ethics, like natural selection, make existence possible. Aesthetics, like sensual selection, make life lovely and wonderful, fill it with new forms, and give it progress,… — Oscar Wilde
I have long aspired to make our company a noble prototype of industry, penetrating in science, reliable in engineering, creative in aesthetics and wholesomely prosperous… — Edwin Land
Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds. — Barnett Newman
An agricultural landscape produces food but it also provides water, requires biodiversity to underpin soil function, pollination and other useful services, and also has value… — Tim Benton
Coincidences always happen if you keep your mind open, while storyboards remain the instruments of cowards who do not trust in their own imagination and… — Werner Herzog
The rejection of all abstract formalism. Materialism reminds every science of its real source: the world men transform. No science can, whether in its history… — Louis Althusser
I wish I could be a better writer, but writing is so difficult. I get seduced by visual aesthetics. Because I just like making beautiful… — Sally Mann
The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational considerations in guessing… — Albert Einstein
Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again. — Ben Shneiderman
Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable. — Miguel
The starting-point for all systems of aesthetics must be the personal experience of a peculiar emotion. The objects that provoke this emotion we call works… — Clive Bell
Weâ€™re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects. Itâ€™s tempting to think itâ€™s because the people who use them donâ€™t care-just like the people who make… — Jonathan Ive
This is what aesthetics, development and progress depend upon: that we go out on thin ice. — Asger Jorn
I believe that one of the most powerful things of all is aesthetics. — Kalle Lasn
Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs must take aesthetic communication, and… — Virginia Postrel

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