Aesthetics Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Aesthetics.
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“Literary theory”
“All art preserves mysteries which aesthetic philosophers tackle in vain.”
“Wikipedia: Aesthetics”
“Aesthetics is merely an undiscovered force, expressed by a yet un-devised mathematical equation.”
“To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.”
“This is what aesthetics, development and progress depend upon: that we go out on thin ice.”
“The aesthetic nature is unfree because it is moved by something else and does not move according to its own will.”
“Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again.”
“If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.”
“It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.”
“Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.”
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
“Aesthetics - heightened expressions – served to separate off special objects and performances.”
“In aesthetic theory it might be extremely difficult, if not quite impracticable, to draw a line between the canon of classicism, or regard for the archaic, and the canon of beauty.”
“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 people feel safe and cared for.”
“For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.”
“To the man who loves art for its own sake...it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.”
“Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.”
“Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.”