“Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works”
“Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works”
“Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?”
“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them”
“Beauty is not caused. It is”
“Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest”
“Beauty and folly are old companions”
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives”