““The hideousness {the author] sees is the reflection of himself, and of the automatic meat-lust with which he approaches another individual…Even the most “beautiful” woman is still a human creature. If {the author] approached her as such, as a being instead of as a piece of lurid meat, he would have no horrors afterwards. (in 1924, writing in response to a misogynistic article titled, 'The Ugliness of Women'.)””
![“The hideousness {the author] sees is the reflection of himself, and of the automatic meat-lust with which he approaches another individual…Even the most “beautiful” woman is still a human creature. If {the author] approached her as such, as a being instead of as a piece of lurid meat, he would…” quote by D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e3/d-h-lawrence-2-1397_beautiful-woman_the-hideousness-the-author-sees-is-the-r_2476852.jpg)
![“...[Nature] ever bearing witness against man that he has deliberately chosen ugliness instead of beauty...” quote by William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/40a/william-morris-4229_bearing-witness_nature-ever-bearing-witness-against-man_363807.jpg)
