Art Quote by Ludwig von Mises

There is sometimes a greater judgement shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them; and?there ismore beauty inthe works…

— Joseph Addison

“If engineering cannot tell us what our houses should look like, nor in a pluralistic and non-deferential world can precedent or tradition, we must…

— Alain de Botton

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind…

— Walter Pater

There is ... scarcely any species of writing of which we can tell what is its essence, and what are its constituents; every new…

— Samuel Johnson

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertences, are infinitely preferable to the works of an inferior kind of author which…

— Joseph Addison

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the…

— Jean Rostand

Genius is inconsiderate, self-relying, and, like unconscious beauty, without any intention to please.

— Isaac Mayer Wise

Elegance and comfort are not incompatible, and whoever maintains the contrary simply doesn't know what he's talking about

— Salvatore Ferragamo

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

— Anonymous

“there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.…

— Oscar Wilde

“For, in movie logic, aesthetics has the authority of ethics: to be less than beautiful is sad, but to be willfully less than beautiful…

— Joyce Carol Oates

He knew that the whole mystery of beauty can never be comprehended by the crowd, and that while clearness is a virtue of style,…

— Arthur Symons