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“It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.”
― A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
― A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
“We appreciate beautiful things not for their utility only, but also for what they are in themselves—or more plausibly, for how they appear in themselves.”
― Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
― Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
“Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.”
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“That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul.”
― Concerning the Spiritual in Art
― Concerning the Spiritual in Art
“Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.”
― Aesthetic Theory
― Aesthetic Theory
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