--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: « Previous | 1 | 2 | Next » A great deal…" description: "\"“« Previous | 1 | 2 | Next » A great deal has been written about human beauty, and I shan’t be saying anything new if I say that beauty often arises or..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/stanka-gjuri-59562_beauty_previous-1-2-next-a-great-deal-has-been_8673.jpg" --- # « Previous \| 1 \| 2 \| Next » A great deal has been written… ![“« Previous | 1 | 2 | Next » A great deal has been written about human beauty, and I shan’t be saying anything new if I say that beauty often arises or at least gets its acknowledgement from the human spiritual structure. But I would like to talk about a different kind of beauty, a kind that does…” quote by Stanka Gjurić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/stanka-gjuri-59562_beauty_previous-1-2-next-a-great-deal-has-been_8673.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/stanka-gjuri-59562_beauty_previous-1-2-next-a-great-deal-has-been_8673.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/stanka-gjuri-59562_beauty_previous-1-2-next-a-great-deal-has-been_8673.jpg) > ““« Previous \| 1 \| 2 \| Next » A great deal has been written about human beauty, and I shan’t be saying anything new if I say that beauty often arises or at least gets its acknowledgement from the human spiritual structure. But I would like to talk about a different kind of beauty, a kind that does not necessary depend on that, quite simply because it is so inaccessible as to be unfathomable. The lack of dependence of this kind of beauty defies everything that might tend to cast doubt upon it for any reason whatever, and yet the corporeal in it nevertheless satisfies all or most of our criteria for the recognition of it. As an eternal and incontestable ideal, it is attainable only in a superior and self-sufficient secrecy. Any kind of unconcealed banality would only trouble its glory.”” [Stanka Gjurić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanka-gjuri/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The quote distinguishes a transcendent, ineffable beauty that exists beyond human spiritual frameworks, yet still meets our criteria for recognizing beauty, existing only in a secret, self‑sufficient realm. **In simple terms:** Transcendent beauty beyond human perception Key Takeaway Beauty can be ideal and unknowable yet still recognizable Themes metaphysics aesthetics spirituality ontology epistemology Mood awe wonder contemplation Type philosophical reflective theoretical When to use this quote - philosophical contemplation - art criticism - spiritual meditation - theoretical aesthetics - personal introspection Key Concepts ineffability idealism secrecy self‑sufficiency Practical Applications - guiding artistic creation - informing philosophical discourse Questions to Reflect On - How does recognizing an unknowable ideal affect our experience of beauty? - Can beauty be both inaccessible and observable? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) ## Related quotes > [“I don’t believe that women care all that much about male friendship, however, to be to a man, primarily and only a-friend-who-is-a-woman is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanka-gjuri/i-don-t-believe-that-women-care-all-that-much-about-male-friendship/) [Stanka Gjurić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanka-gjuri/) > [“We are all able to contain our uncomfortable memories to some degree, while there are those who suffer from compulsively remembering in spite of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanka-gjuri/we-are-all-able-to-contain-our-uncomfortable-memories-to-some-degree/) [Stanka Gjurić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanka-gjuri/) > [“The awareness that I am not as independent in my dreams as I thought it was possible is phenomenal. 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