We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, “Beauty” (1860)
We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, “Beauty” (1860)
