Beauty Matters Quotes

Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it does not matter.

Beauty matters. It is not just a subjective thing but a universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need we find ourselves in a spiritual desert.

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There is an urge to say, ‘I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.

Beauty within itself should not be wasted.

A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price

A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway).