Beauty Quotes
What is beautiful? These quotes go beyond appearances to explore wonder, aesthetics, and awe.
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"Things that are beautiful without purpose are the most beautiful things of all."Immanuel Kant
"Beauty is the symbol of the morally good."Immanuel Kant
"The beauty, grace, and ease of the manners of the great are the objects of universal admiration."Adam Smith
"Beauty exists in the reconciliation of opposites within a unity."Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"Beauty is the sensuous manifestation of the ideal."Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"The beauty of freedom is that it belongs to all."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Beauty exists in the faces of free people."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"That which is striking and sublime in the works of nature and art catches the attention and delights the sense."John Locke
"Beauty is purposiveness without a purpose."Immanuel Kant
"Beauty is found in the harmony of form and purpose."Immanuel Kant
"Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them."David Hume
"The contemplation of beauty elevates the soul and refines the sensibilities."David Hume
"The beauty of humanity shines brightest when we are free."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Beauty is not a property of external things, but rather a perception of the mind."Baruch Spinoza
"The beauty of liberty is that it belongs to all."José de San Martín
"Beauty exists in the hearts of the free."José de San Martín
"Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and delight without benefit."John Locke
"The sight of a plain man is better than the smell of a rose."John Locke
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."David Hume
"La belleza del alma es superior a la del cuerpo."José de San Martín
"Beauty is not a quality inherent in things; it is a response of the observer."Baruch Spinoza
"The imagination produces joy when it encounters beauty and sadness when it encounters deformity."Baruch Spinoza
"Every system of education which aims at forming the mind must have beauty as one of its principal objects."Adam Smith
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."David Hume
"The quest for beauty is a natural human impulse."David Hume
"We are more strongly attached to beauty than to deformity."David Hume
"The mind loves variety; variety is beautiful."John Locke
"Beauty exists wherever humans create with intention and care."Peter Kropotkin
"Beauty is found in the struggle for something meaningful."Peter Kropotkin
"Beauty lies in the strength of a people united for a common purpose."José de San Martín