Accidents Quote by William Morris

That beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a positive necessity…

— Oscar Wilde

Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are…

— Agnes Martin

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing…

— Boris Pasternak

Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.

— Roger Scruton

“Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true…

— Timothy Simpson

“Beauty could be defined simply as 'that which pleases.' But there is another aspect to art, and that... is the sublime. Like the mushroom…

— Jen Wang

Beauty plus pity-that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where there is beauty there is pity for the simple…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.

— Fernando Pessoa

“Art is the expression of appreciation of beauty real or imagined. It's also an examination of what it means to be alive with all…

— Jay Woodman

Indeed, beauty is one of mankind's greatest needs; it is the root from which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks…

— Aberjhani

“Nature alone can lead to the understanding of art, just as art brings us back to nature with greater awarness. It is the source…

— Eugene Carriere