Who said "The soul requires beauty as the body requires food."?

This quote is attributed to Miguel Ángel Asturias.

The soul requires beauty as the body requires food. - Miguel Ángel Asturias

"The soul requires beauty as the body requires food."

Miguel Ángel Asturias Beauty

Novelist Guatemalan 1899–1974

"I am my language"

"Writing is the painting of the voice"

"The soul is made of contradictions"

"Dreams are the only truth"

"Beauty comes in many forms."

"Beauty comes from within."

"True beauty lies in authenticity."

"Beauty exists in the most unexpected places."